In the authors' words
“Baseline findings showed that, on average, the women in the program had modifiable cardiovascular risk factors with proportionately more African American women than Caucasian women having hypertension and low physical fitness.”
What was measured
- Blood pressure Direction not stated
- Fitness Direction not stated
About the study
- Type
- Cross-sectional study
- Who took part
- Midlife women, hypertension, sedentary at entry
- How many
- 173
- Exercise
- Walking
- Cited
- 12 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 12968774
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