Effect of a 6-week and 12-week cardiac rehabilitation program on heart rate recovery

The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 2 Comparing both groups at the end of each program

Variable	6-week program (n = 30)	12-week program (n = 30)	p value
Lipid profile
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	148.57 ± 38.1	154.3 ± 22.43	0.48
LDL-C, mg/dl	85.87 ± 25.12	90 ± 12.77	0.425
HDL-C, mg/dl	46.13 ± 4.47	47.6 ± 2.61	0.313
Triglycerides, mg/dl	118.97 ± 37.73	114.03 ± 23.86	0.547
Exercise test and echocardiographic parameters
METs achieved	12.67 ± 2.54	14.77 ± 2.01	0.0008
Exercise time, min	14.91 ± 2.5	16.2 ± 2.31	0.041
Peak heart rate, bpm	136.63 ± 14.31	154.03 ± 25.08	0.002
Resting heart rate, bpm	68.8 ± 9.08	63.83 ± 6.75	0.019
Heart rate recovery, bpm	26.5 ± 6.78	23.17 ± 6.12	0.051
LVEF, %	53.3 ± 9.2	54.53 ± 7.47	0.571

Continuous variables are expressed as mean and standard deviation
LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol, METs metabolic equivalent of task, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction