Association of physical activity with vascular aging in a population with intermediate cardiovascular risk, analysis by sex: MARK study

Table 2 Characteristics of physical activity in participants with healthy, normal and early vascular aging globally and by sex

	HVA	NVA	EVA	p value
Global	(n = 241)	(n = 1927)	(n = 307)
Total PA, (METs/m/W)^#	2719 ± 2896	2462 ± 2479	2253 ± 2229	0.056
High-intensity PA, (METs/m/W)^*,#	1214 ± 2234	885 ± 1600	886 ± 1485	0.014
Moderate-intensity PA, (METs/m/W)	844 ± 1606	827 ± 1518	678 ± 1296	0.256
Low-intensity PA, (METs/m/W)	660 ± 985	750 ± 551	688 ± 884	0.294

Men	(n = 148)	(n = 1166)	(n = 210)
Total PA, (METs/m/W)^*,#	3386 ± 3353	2868 ± 2815	2471 ± 2308	0.010
High-intensity PA, (METs/m/W)^*,#	1577 ± 2640	1052 ± 1847	1005 ± 1603	0.005
Moderate-intensity PA, (METs/m/W)^¥	1101 ± 1902	1044 ± 1758	772 ± 1367	0.090
Low-intensity PA, (METs/m/W)	708 ± 1059	772 ± 1063	693 ± 943	0.510

Women	(q = 93)	(n = 761)	(n = 97)
Total PA, (METs/m/W)	1658 ± 1435	1841 ± 1671	1783 ± 1980	0.598
High-intensity PA, (METs/m/W)	738 ± 1157	628 ± 1071	629 ± 1158	0.997
Moderate-intensity PA, (METs/m/W)	436 ± 820	495 ± 962	475 ± 1106	0.090
Low-intensity PA, (METs/m/W)	584 ± 854	716 ± 957	687 ± 745	0.845

Values are represented as mean (standard deviation) for continuous data
Differences among groups: continuous variables analysis of variance and post hoc using the DMS tests
PA, physical activity; METs/m/W, basal metabolic rate/min/week; EVA, early vascular aging; HVA, healthy vascular aging; NVA, normal vascular aging
^*p value < 0.05 between HVA and NVA
^¥p value < 0.05 between NVA and EVA
^#p value < 0.05 between HVA and EVA

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