Table 1.
Effect of acute exercise on metabolic, inflammatory, and stress biomarkers in the obese Zucker rats: Training-induced adaptation.
| Obese sedentary rats | Obese trained rats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| without acute exercise | with acute exercise | without acute exercise | with acute exercise | |
| Glucose (mg/dl) | 314.4 ± 12 | 289.5 ± 15 | 357.5 ± 15 | 364.6 ± 17 |
| NA (pg/ml) | 186 ± 26 | 319 ± 47 ** | 311 ± 29 | 283 ± 42 |
| IL-6 (pg/ml) | 76.5 ± 4.2 | 128 ± 14.7 *** | 100 ± 6.2 | 88 ± 9.9 # |
| CRP (μg/ml) | 338 ± 17 | 390 ± 9 * | 430 ± 22 | 412 ± 19 |
| Corticosterone | 451 ± 13 | 468 ± 11 | 408 ± 33 | 478 ± 6● |
Each number is the mean ± SEM of the values obtained in 9 animals of each experimental group. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 obese sedentary rats without acute exercise vs obese sedentary rats after acute exercise; #p < 0.05 vs obese sedentary rats after acute exercise; ●p < 0.05 vs obese trained rats without acute exercise.