Table 5: Pre and post cardiovascular response to 6-minute treadmill walk between male and female participants.

 

 

 

Variable

Male

(n = 54)

Female

(n = 96)

 

 

 

F - ratio

 

 

 

p-value

Pre-6-MTW Mean ± SD

Post-6-MTW Mean ± SD

Pre-6-MTW Mean ± SD

Post-6-MTW Mean ± SD

SBP (mmHg)

128.0 ± 17.9

128.6 ± 19.2

127.1 ± 19.2

130.9 ± 20.2

1.642

0.185

DBP (mmHg)

81.8 ± 10.6

81.9 ± 12.8

82.6 ± 8.7

84.8 ± 10.4

0.483

0.695

HR (beat/min)

77.6 ± 9.1a

96.9 ± 17.7b

68.1 ± 14.0c

93.8 ± 15.9d

23.168

0.001*

RPP (× 103)

9.9 ± 1.9a

26.2 ± 6.1b

8.6 ± 1.9c

13.9 ± 3.2d

18.837

0.001*

*p < 0.05; 6-MTW: 6-Minute Treadmill Walk; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure; HR: Heart Rate; RPP: Rate Pressure Product; Superscripts (a, b, c, d) for a particular variable, mode means with different superscript are significantly different (p < 0.05); Mode means with same superscripts are not significantly (p > 0.05) different when only one contrast is significant, one of the cell means has no superscript attached. The pair of cell means that is significant has different superscripts.