Skip to main content

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of sedentary and trained subjects

From: Comparison of human erythrocyte purine nucleotide metabolism and blood purine and pyrimidine degradation product concentrations before and after acute exercise in trained and sedentary subjects

 

Sedentary group

Trained group

Number

15

15

Age (years)

23.1 ± 3.41

24.3 ± 2.56

BMI (kg/m2)

22.5 ± 2.32

21.5 ± 2.51

HRrest (bpm)

63.1 ± 7.51

59.0 ± 6.33

SBP (mmHg)

113.4 ± 9.24

117.6 ± 8.32

DBP (mmHg)

72.5 ± 6.11

68.2 ± 7.21

Duration of training (years)

–

6.4 ± 2.52

Training time (hours per week)

–

8.2 ± 0.33

Time of exercise test (min)

19.3 ± 4.55

23.0 ± 5.97

VO2max (mL/kg/min)

43.0 ± 5.20

52.8 ± 4.54**

2,3-BPG (µmol/mL)

1.85 ± 0.21

2.3 ± 0.18*

  1. Values are given as mean ± SD
  2. BMI body mass index, HR heart rate, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, VO 2max maximal oxygen uptake, 2,3-BPG 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate
  3. * P < 0.01; ** P < 0.001; different from sedentary