# IPAQ-L and CPET Usefulness in a North-Eastern Romanian Population Undergoing Cardiac Rehabilitation
## 3 Results  
### Patient Characteristics  
Our study population included 110 patients with an average age of 57.2 years. The descriptive statistics of our study population are illustrated in Table 1. The group exhibited a balanced gender ratio (47.27% males and 52.72% females), with similar BMI and blood pressure values upon admission. Although the male subgroup presented a higher average glycemia than the female population, females had a lower lipid profile than males. Regarding the cycle ergometer stress test results, females achieved a slightly higher %HR, but male subjects presented both better exercise resistance (105.84 W versus 75.84 W) and a higher workload (5.21 METS versus 4.54 METS), as described in Table 1. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l c c c c} \hline \hline \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Variables**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Total**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Males**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Females**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**\(p\)-Value*** \\ \hline Number, \(n\) (\%) & 110 (100) & 52 (47.27) & 58 (52.72) & \\ Age (years), mean (SD) & 57.20 (6.45) & 57.11 (7.05) & 57.27 (5.92) & 0.897 \\ Weight (kg), mean (SD) & 83.48 (12.40) & 88.15 (12.41) & 79.29 (10.89) & \textless{}0.001 \\ BMI (kg/m\({}^{2}\)), mean (SD) & 30.28 (4.80) & 29.66 (5.22) & 30.84 (4.36) & 0.200 \\ AC (cm), mean (SD) & 97.81 (12.41) & 101.09 (13.18) & 94.87 (10.96) & 0.008 \\ SBP (mmHg), mean (SD) & 134.44 (15.31) & 132.96 (17.57) & 135.77 (12.97) & 0.346 \\ DBP (mmHg), mean (SD) & 83.65 (10.52) & 83.88 (10.20) & 83.44 (10.89) & 0.829 \\ Glycemia (mg/dL), mean (SD) & 114.73 (38.90) & 121.61 (35.79) & 108.45 (32.49) & 0.048 \\ TC (mg/dL), mean (SD) & 200.00 (42.97) & 190.15 (45.68) & 208.82 (38.68) & 0.022 \\ HDL-C (mg/dL), mean (SD) & 48.22 (13.15) & 45.17 (11.87) & 51.05 (13.75) & 0.019 \\ LDL-C (mg/dL), mean (SD) & 121.88 (37.99) & 115.98 (39.76) & 127.45 (35.73) & 0.127 \\ Non-HDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) & 151.39 (41.00) & 144.98 (44.14) & 157.35 (37.26) & 0.118 \\ TG (mg/dL), mean (SD) & 158.72 (99.80) & 161.09 (111.53) & 156.60 (88.91) & 0.815 \\ EGFR (mL/min/1.73 m\({}^{2}\)), mean (SD) & 84.02 (16.58) & 84.02 (17.28) & 81.34 (15.60) & 0.075 \\ LVDD (mm), mean (SD) & 48.28 (6.29) & 51.63 (5.14) & 45.08 (5.61) & \textless{}0.001 \\ LVMI (g/m\({}^{2}\)), mean (SD) & 120.96 (35.58) & 134.11 (33.44) & 107.19 (32.74) & \textless{}0.001 \\ \%HR (\%), mean (SD) & 75.34 (12.54) & 72.82 (11.89) & 77.60 (12.77) & 0.045 \\ Exercise resistance (W), mean (SD) & 90.02 (30.17) & 105.84 (30.01) & 75.84 (22.38) & \textless{}0.001 \\ Workload (METS), mean (SD) & 4.85 (1.33) & 5.21 (1.39) & 4.54 (1.20) & 0.008 \\ Weight status, \(n\) (\%): Normal weight & 10 (9.09) & 6 (11.54) & 4 (6.9) & 0.512 \\ Overweight & 52 (47.27) & 25 (48.08) & 27 (46.50) & 1.000 \\ First-degree obesity & 30 (27.27) & 15 (28.85) & 15 (25.86) & 0.831 \\ Second-degree obesity & 15 (13.63) & 5 (9.62) & 10 (17.24) & 0.278 \\ Third-degree obesity & 3 (2.72) & 1 (1.92) & 2 (3.45) & 1.000 \\ Hypertension, \(n\) (\%): Normotensive & 22 (20) & 15 (28.85) & 7 (12.07) & 0.033 \\ First-degree HTN & 10 (9.09) & 2 (3.85) & 8 (13.79) & 0.099 \\ Second-degree HTN & 20 (18.18) & 5 (9.62) & 15 (25.86) & 0.046 \\ Third-degree HTN & 58 (52.72) & 30 (57.69) & 28 (48.28) & 0.345 \\ Type 2 diabetes, \(n\) (\%) & 31 (28.18) & 21 (40.38) & 10 (17.24) & 0.010 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* Mann–Whitney U test; BMI: body mass index; AC: abdominal circumference; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TC: total cholesterol; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL: low density lipoprotein cholesterol; non-HDL: non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; EGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, LVMI: left ventricular mass index; %HR: percentage of age-predicted maximal heart rate; HTN: hypertension.  
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Table 1: Descriptive statistics of the study population.