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Table 1 General characteristics of the included studies

From: Impact of exercise training on exercise tolerance, cardiac function and quality of life in individuals with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First author, Publication year

Setting

Age

Intervention, number

Duration of treatment

Kitzman DW et al. 2010 [40]

USA

60–82

Exercise training; n = 24

Attention control; n = 22

16 weeks

Edelmann F et al. 2011 [41]

Germany

≥ 45

Endurance/resistance training; n = 44

Usual care; n = 20

3 months

Kitzman DW et al. 2013 [42]

USA

70 ± 7

Endurance exercise training; n = 24

Attention control; n = 30

16 weeks

Angadi SS et al. 2014 [43]

USA

70 ± 8.3

HIIT; n = 9

MCT; n = 6

4 weeks

Kitzman et al. 2016 [44]

USA

67 ± 5

Exercise; n = 46

No Exercise; n = 46

20 weeks

Donelli da Silveira A et al. 2020 [16]

Brazil

60 ± 9

MCT; n = 9

HIIT; n = 10

12 weeks

Mueller, S et al. 2021 [17]

Europe

70

HIIT; n = 60

MCT; n = 60

Guideline control; n = 60

3 months in clinic followed by 9 months telemedically supervised home-based exercise

  1. HIIT: high-intensity interval training; MCT: moderate continuous training