Table 1.

Subject characteristics

Characteristic	Mean ± SEM	Range
n	23 (6 male, 17 female)
Age (years)	47.6 ± 2.7	26–68
Body mass index (kg m−2)	30.7 ± 1.2	23.3–41.8
pretraining (ml kg−1 min−1)	30.2 ± 2.2	19.4–53.2
post-training (ml kg−1 min−1)	32.4 ± 2.8*	17.4–53.7
Fasting glucose (mg dl−1)	84.8 ± 1.3	73–100
2 h glucose (mg dl−1)	121.7 ± 5.7	70–187

Abbreviation: , maximal oxygen uptake.

^*P = 0.06 from pretraining value.