Effects of resistance training on cardiovascular health in non-obese active adolescents

Table 3 Twenty-four hours ambulatory blood pressure at baseline and following the intervention by group

	Resistance training group (n = 19)		Control group (n = 19)		Time effect (P value)	Group effect (P value)	Interaction (P value)
	Baseline	After	Baseline	After
Awake
SBP, mmHg	113 ± 8	111 ± 7	110 ± 9	109 ± 8	0.100	0.200	0.700
DBP, mmHg	71 ± 5	70 ± 5	68 ± 4	67 ± 5	0.400	0.093	0.900
Mean BP, mmHg	85 ± 5	84 ± 5	82 ± 4	82 ± 5	0.400	0.100	0.800
Mean HR, beat/min	87 ± 9	86 ± 7	87 ± 9	83 ± 8	0.100	0.600	0.200
Asleep
SBP, mmHg	103 ± 11	98 ± 8	101 ± 11	98 ± 9	0.041	0.800	0.600
DBP, mmHg	55 ± 7	54 ± 7	54 ± 6	54 ± 6	0.600	1.000	0.500
Mean BP, mmHg	73 ± 8	71 ± 7	73 ± 6	72 ± 6	0.200	1.000	0.600
Mean HR, beat/min	68 ± 6	70 ± 6	66 ± 8	68 ± 8	0.087	0.500	0.900

Data are presented as mean ± SD. P values were obtained from repeated measures ANOVA. SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastole blood pressure; HR: Heart rate.