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Table 2 Associations between self-reported occupational/leisure time physical activity and systolic ambulatory blood pressure (mmHg) (N=182)

From: Occupational and leisure time physical activity in contrasting relation to ambulatory blood pressure

Occupational physical activity groups

crude mean SBP at work (SD)

P(T-test)

P* (Ancova)

crude mean SBP at home (SD)

P(T-test)

P* (Ancova)

crude mean SBP during sleep (SD)

P(T-test)

P* (Ancova)

Summary measure of occupational physical activity

 

<0.01

0.06

 

<0.05

0.11

 

<0.01

0.07

  High

136.4 (13.8)

  

133.7 (12.3)

  

118.8 (13.7)

  

  Low

130.0 (11.0)

  

128.6 (10.1)

  

111.8 (10.7)

  

High physical effort at work

 

<0.05

0.12

 

0.06

0.17

 

<0.05

0.10

  High

134.4 (14.0)

  

132.2 (12.6)

  

116.8 (12.2)

  

  Low

130.2 (10.7)

  

128.7 (9.8)

  

112.0 (11.1)

  

Lifting heavy loads at work

 

<0.05

<0.05

 

<0.05

<0.05

 

<0.01

<0.05

  High

135.6 (14.6)

  

133.5 (12.6)

  

118.1 (13.1)

  

  Low

130.3 (10.8)

  

128.7 (10.0)

  

112.1 (11.0)

  

Rapid physical activity at work

 

0.37

0.94

 

0.68

0.71

 

0.22

0.90

  High

132.7 (13.3)

  

130.2 (11.2)

  

115.1 (12.5)

  

  Low

130.8 (11.4)

  

129.4 (10.5)

  

112.6 (11.3)

  

Awkward body positions at work

 

0.07

0.67

 

0.24

0.79

 

<0.05

0.40

  High

134.5 (12.3)

  

131.5 (12.6)

  

117.7 (13.7)

  

  Low

130.5 (11.5)

  

129.1 (10.1)

  

112.2 (10.8)

  

Awkward positions of head or arms at work

 

<0.01

0.22

 

0.06

0.72

 

<0.05

0.48

  High

135.7 (13.1)

  

132.4 (13.0)

  

117.4 (14.6)

  

  Low

130.0 (11.1)

  

128.8 (9.8)

  

112.1 (10.4)

  

Leisure time physical activity groups

crude mean SBP at work (SD)

P ( T -test)

P ** (Ancova)

crude mean SBP at home (SD)

P ( T -test)

P ** (Ancova)

crude mean SBP during sleep (SD)

P ( T -test)

P ** (Ancova)

Leisure time physical activity

 

0.72

0.29

 

0.55

0.22

 

0.64

0.47

  High

130.4 (11.5)

  

128.4 (11.1)

  

112.2 (8.1)

  

  Low

131.4 (11.8)

  

129.8 (10.6)

  

113.4 (12.0)

  
  1. Abbreviations: SBP, systolic blood pressure; SD, standard deviation; Ancova, Analysis of Covariance.
  2. Significant associations at the 0.05 level are in bold.
  3. * Adjusted for gender, age, BMI, smoking, job strain and usual level of leisure time physical activity.
  4. ** Adjusted for gender, age, BMI, smoking, job strain and usual level of occupational physical activity (summary measure).