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Published in final edited form as: Mech Ageing Dev. 2012 Sep 19;133(0):655–664. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2012.09.001

Table 2.

Effects of resistance type exercise.

	Older
	Pre-training	Post-training
n	25	25
Body weight, kg	78.9 ± 2.1	78.7 ± 2.1
BMI, kg/m²	26.7 ± 0.7	26.7 ± 0.7
FPG, mg/dl	104 ± 2	102 ± 2
Hb A1c, %	5.9 ± 0.1	5.8 ± 0.1
FPI, mU/ml	12.3 ± 0.7	12.4 ± 0.8
HOMA-IR	3.2 ± 0.2	3.2 ± 0.2
Quadriceps CSA, cm²	74.4 ± 2.5	81 ± 2.5^*
Whole body lean mass, kg	56.6 ± 1.1	57.5 ± 1.1^*
Whole body fat mass, kg	19.3 ± 1.4	18.4 ± 1.4^*
1RM leg extension, kg	85.6 ± 2.6	112.9 ± 3.4^*
1RM leg press, kg	171.8 ± 5.5	213.9 ± 7.6^*

Data are means ± SE. BMI, body mass index; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; FPI, fasting plasma insulin; CSA, cross-sectional area; 1RM, one-repetition maximum strength.

P <0.05.