Table 3. Changes in metabolic parameters.

	Pre-training	Post-training	p
Plasma glucose (mg/dl)	134.6 gluco	151 6 glu	0.407
HbA1c (%)	8.6 c (%)	7.2 c (%)	0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	181.3 choles	182 3 chol	0.378
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	153.9 ceride	182.9 ceride	0.284
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	42.2 hole	46.3 holest	0.002
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	108.9 oleste	100.5 oleste	0.667
Free fatty acid (mEq/l)	665.2 atty ac	525.4 atty ac	0.017
Lipoprotein(a) (mg/dl)	15.4 rote	13.8 rote	0.043

Data are expressed as mean ± SD. HDL: high-density lipoprotein, LDL: low-density lipoprotein.