Baseline Characteristics of Participants
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CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, HYPERTENSION, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, DYSLIPIDEMIA
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); DPP-4, dipeptidyl peptidase 4; HbASI conversion factor: To convert fasting glucose to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.0555. To convert HbAUnless otherwise indicated, data are expressed as No. (%) of participants. Percentages have been rounded and may not total 100.Comorbidities were reported at screening. Selected comorbidities were presented based on a history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or dyslipidemia.Calculated as [fasting plasma glucose level (in mg/dL)× fasting plasma insulin level (in μIU/mL) / 22.5]. Log-transformed data presented because HOMA-IR data did not meet the assumption of normality.The overall intervention attendance rate across the 24 weeks was 95 (88.8%) in the tai chi chuan group and 99 (90.0%) in the fitness walking group (ie, attended ≥54 sessions, or >75.0% of the planned total intervention class sessions). The mean (SD) number of completed sessions was 63 (5) for both interventions groups, 64 (5) in the tai chi chuan group, and 63 (5) in the fitness walking group, with no significant difference between groups (