Table 2.

Cardiovascular disease risk factors and plasma hormone concentrations

	Pre-training mean ± SD	Post-training mean ± SD	Significance	95% CI
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	166 ± 32	159 ± 28	p = 0.243	−17.62, 4.96
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	45 ± 7	46 ± 8	p = 0.147	−0.72, 4.22
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	100 ± 31	96 ± 29	p = 0.269	−11.52, 3.55
Serum triglycerides (mg/dL)	104 ± 53	80 ± 34	p = 0.013	−42.32, −6.18
Leptin (ng/mL)	68.0 ± 53.9	54.9 ± 41.8	p = 0.164	−32.26, 6.18
Adiponectin (ng/mL)	10.2 ± 3.2	9.8 ± 3.1	p = 0.697	−2.55, 1.76
Resistin (ng/mL)	12.0 ± 3.5	11.0 ± 3.3	p = 0.046	−2.04, −0.24
Total peptide YY (pg/mL)	171.2 ± 63.2	209.8 ± 78.9	p = 0.049	0.19, 77.01
Active ghrelin (fmol/mL)	5.8 ± 3.1	5.4 ± 2.2	p = 0.456	−1.51, 0.72

CI = Confidence interval