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) |
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Summary measure of occupational physical activity | Â | <0.01 | 0.06 | Â | <0.05 | 0.11 | Â | <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 | Â | <0.05 | 0.12 | Â | 0.06 | 0.17 | Â | <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 | Â | <0.05 | <0.05 | Â | <0.05 | <0.05 | Â | <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 | Â | 0.37 | 0.94 | Â | 0.68 | 0.71 | Â | 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 | Â | 0.07 | 0.67 | Â | 0.24 | 0.79 | Â | <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 | Â | <0.01 | 0.22 | Â | 0.06 | 0.72 | Â | <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 | Â | 0.72 | 0.29 | Â | 0.55 | 0.22 | Â | 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) |  |  |