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. 2015 Aug 11:8:51-5.
doi: 10.2147/IBPC.S75888. eCollection 2015.

Comparison between treadmill and bicycle ergometer exercise tests in mild-to-moderate hypertensive Nigerians

Olugbenga O Abiodun  1 , Michael O Balogun  1 , Anthony O Akintomide  1 , Rasaaq A Adebayo  1 , Olufemi E Ajayi  1 , Suraj A Ogunyemi  1 , Valentine N Amadi  1 , Victor O Adeyeye  1
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Comparison between treadmill and bicycle ergometer exercise tests in mild-to-moderate hypertensive Nigerians

Olugbenga O Abiodun et al. Integr Blood Press Control. .

Abstract

Background: Comparative cardiovascular responses to treadmill and bicycle ergometer (bike) exercise tests in hypertensive Nigerians are not known. This study compared cardiovascular responses to the two modes of exercise testing in hypertensives using maximal exercise protocols.

Methods: One hundred and ten male subjects with mild-to-moderate hypertension underwent maximal treadmill and bike test one after the other at a single visit in a simple random manner. Paired-sampled t-test was used to compare responses to both exercise tests while chi-squared test was used to compare categorical variables.

Results: The maximal heart rate (P<0.001), peak systolic blood pressure (P=0.02), rate pressure product (P<0.001), peak oxygen uptake (P<0.001), and exercise capacity (P<0.001) in metabolic equivalents were signifcantly higher on the treadmill than on the bike.

Conclusion: Higher cardiovascular responses on treadmill in Nigerian male hypertensives in this study, similar to findings in non-hypertensives and non-Nigerians in earlier studies, suggest that treadmill may be of better diagnostic utility in our population.

Keywords: Nigerians; bicycle ergometer; hypertension; maximal exercise; treadmill.

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