Positive impacts of leisure-time physical activity on cardiorespiratory fitness, co-morbidity level, cardiovascular health and quality of life among midlife adults: a cross-sectional study of a Nigerian population

Table 1 Socio-demographics distributions of participants in the LTPA and non-LTPA participants

Variable	LTPA Mean ± SD	Non-LTPA Mean ± SD	t-value	p value
Age (years)	56.01 ± 7.62	54.25 ± 8.24	1.46	0.15
WC (cm)	91.41 ± 17.27	95.00 ± 16.01	− 1.42	0.16
BMI (kg/m²)	31.39 ± 3.78	31.48 ± 5.52	− 0.13	0.90
Co-morbidity	2.71 ± 2.19	3.53 ± 3.08	− 2.02	0.05*
QoL	89.92 ± 9.82	85.32 ± 11.26	2.87	0.01*
VO_2max (mL/kg/min)	62.10 ± 5.20	59.66 ± 5.75	− 3.01	0.003*
Heart rate (beats/min)	117.08 ± 12.31	123.02 ± 13.69	2.93	0.004*

LTPA leisure-time physical activity, WC waist circumference, BMI body max index, QoL quality of life, SD standard deviation
*Statistical significance

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