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Table 1 Changes in anthropometry, cardiorespiratory fitness and lipid profile in response to the 12-week intervention

From: Exercise intervention alters HDL subclass distribution and function in obese women

 

Control (n = 15)

Exercise (n = 20)

p value

Pre-testing

Post-testing

Pre-testing

Post-testing

Group

Time

Interaction

Age (yrs)

24.5 ± 0.9

22.8 ± 0.7

0.157

–

–

BMI (kg/m2)

33.3 ± 0.8

33.7 ± 0.8

34.4 ± 0.6

34.0 ± 0.7

0.493

0.678

0.010

Body weight (kg)

88.0 ± 3.2

89.1 ± 3.2*

84.1 ± 1.9

83.3 ± 2.2

0.187

0.681

0.007

Waist circumference (cm)

103 ± 2

106 ± 2*

104 ± 2

100 ± 2**

0.406

0.548

0.001

Hip circumference (cm)

118 ± 2

119 ± 2

114 ± 1

113 ± 1*

0.045

0.359

0.022

WHR

0.88 ± 0.01

0.89 ± 0.02

0.91 ± 0.01

0.89 ± 0.01

0.436

0.892

0.044

Total-C (mmol/L)

3.91 ± 0.35

3.65 ± 0.35

3.98 ± 0.18

4.27 ± 0.21

0.299

0.917

0.141

LDL-C (mmol/L)

1.94 ± 0.29

1.57 ± 1.43

2.80 ± 0.99

2.69 ± 1.34

0.169

< 0.001

0.202

HDL-C (mmol/L)

0.97 ± 0.06

0.97 ± 0.06

1.00 ± 0.05

1.05 ± 0.04

0.343

0.511

0.568

VO2peak (ml/kg/min)

23.7 ± 0.8

22.7 ± 0.9

25.2 ± 0.7

27.7 ± 0.7*

0.002

0.202

0.003

  1. Results represent means ± SEM and as medians ± IQR for LDL-C. Unadjusted p values testing for significance of the grouping variable (Control vs Exercise), time (intervention duration) and the interaction (Group*Time). For Fischer post-hoc testing following interaction effect: * p < 0.05 ** p < 0.005 pre vs post-testing. BMI Body mass index, WHR Waist/hip ratio, Total-C Total-cholesterol, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein and VO2peak, Peak oxygen consumption