Table 4.
Glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR, and lipid change for the high-intensity intermittent exercise and no exercise control groups (N = 38; mean and standard error).
| Exercise | Control | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | |
| Glucose (mmoL·l−1) | 4.86 ± 0.14 | 4.97 ± 0.10 | 4.91 ± 0.14 | 4.91 ± 0.14 |
| Insulin (μU·mL−1) | 6.98 ± 0.66 | 6.72 ± 0.63 | 8.67 ± 0.90 | 8.29 ± 0.67 |
| HOMA-IR | 1.51 ± 0.15 | 1.47 ± 0.14 | 1.90 ± 0.24 | 1.82 ± 0.17 |
| Total cholesterol (mmoL·l−1) | 4.18 ± 0.25 | 3.97 ± 0.24 | 4.59 ± 0.21 | 4.36 ± 0.18 |
| Triglycerides (mmoL·l−1) | 1.20 ± 0.27 | 1.18 ± 0.36 | 1.52 ± 0.21 | 1.31 ± 0.18 |
| High-density lipoprotein (mmoL·l−1) | 1.31 ± 0.09 | 1.35 ± 0.09 | 1.08 ± 0.09 | 1.03 ± 0.08 |
| Low-density lipoprotein (mmoL·l−1) | 2.51 ± 0.16 | 2.35 ± 0.18 | 2.82 ± 0.18 | 2.81 ± 0.16 |
| Very low-density lipoprotein (mmoL·l−1) | 0.48 ± 0.07 | 0.43 ± 0.10 | 0.66 ± 0.09 | 0.56 ± 0.09 |
| TC: HDL ratio | 3.51 ± 0.32 | 2.99 ± 0.20 | 4.62 ± 0.31 | 4.52 ± 0.27 |