Changes in physical health among participants in a multidisciplinary health programme for long-term unemployed persons

Table 4 Determinants of changes in physical health^ among unemployed persons who participated in a health promotion programme (n = 216) estimated by multivariate linear regression analyses with repeated measurements

	Change in VO₂max	Change in abdominal muscle strength	Flexibility	Systolic blood pressure	Diastolic blood pressure
Baseline value
< 25% percentile	3.37**	13.44**	3.61**	8.33**	5.22**
25%–75% percentile	2.06**	10.59**	2.00**	-3.10	-1.84
> 75% percentile	-0.85	9.31**	0.25	-13.80**	-8.06**
Gender
Men	2.19**	10.30**	2.57**	-4.23**	-1.31
Women	1.23	11.59**	1.53**	-2.46	-2.27**

* 0.05 <= p <= 0.10, **p < 0.05, paired t-test
^ VO₂max (ml/kg/minute), abdominal muscle strength (sit-ups/minute), flexibility (cm), diastolic and systolic blood pressures (mmHg)

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