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Table 1 Baseline participant characteristics

From: Similar cardiometabolic effects of high- and moderate-intensity training among apparently healthy inactive adults: a randomized clinical trial

 

Total sample (n = 20)

MCT (n = 9)

HIT (n = 11)

Sex, N (%)

 Male

8 (40.0)

5 (55.6)

3 (27.3)

 Female

12 (60.0)

4 (44.4)

8 (72.7)

Age, mean (sd), years

31.8 (7.8)

31.4 (6.4)

32.1 (9.0)

Race/ethnicity, N (%)

 Black or Afro-Colombian

18 (90.0)

7 (77.7)

11 (100)

 Others (indigenous)

2 (10.0)

2 (22.3)

0 (0.0)

Socioeconomic level, N (%)

 Low-mid

11 (55.0)

5 (55.5)

6 (54.5)

 Mid-high

9 (45.0)

4 (45.5)

5 (45.4)

Education, N (%)

 Secondary

1 (5.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (9.1)

 Technical

1 (5.0)

1 (11.1)

0 (0.0)

 University

18 (90.0)

8 (88.9)

10 (90.9)

Occupation, N (%)

 Student/work

15 (80.0)

7 (77.7)

9 (81.8)

 Housewife

5 (20.0)

2 (22.3)

3 (18.2)

Marital status

 Single

4 (20.0)

3 (33.3)

1 (10.0)

 Married/de facto

16 (80.0)

6 (66.3)

10 (90.0)

Height, mean (sd), m

1.67 (0.06)

1.69 (0.05)

1.68 (0.09)

  1. BMI body mass index