Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

	Weight gainers (n=34, 23 men)		Weight maintainers (n=10, 7 men)
	TP1	TP2	TP1	TP2
Weight (kg)	71.23 ± 14.54	75.00 ± 15.00*	73.72 ± 14.59	73.54 ± 14.37
Total body fat mass (kg)	17.81 ± 7.61	21.43 ± 8.04*	18.62 ± 5.95	18.87 ± 5.99
Total body fat-free mass (kg)	51.88 ± 12.61	51.96 ± 12.72	51.91 ± 10.51	51.49 ± 10.73
BMI (kg/m2)	23.25 ± 3.58	24.50 ± 3.71*	23.95 ± 2.68	23.89 ± 2.52
Cholesterol (mmol/l)	4.05 ± 0.63	4.16 ± 0.85	4.32 ± 0.63	4.22 ± 0.52
HDL (mmol/l)	0.97 ± 0.29	0.96 ± 0.26	1.13 ± 0.19	1.12 ± 0.16
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	0.92 ± 0.34	1.06 ± 0.60	0.95 ± 0.25	0.81 ± 0.19
Leptin (ng/ml)	6.93 ± 5.54	11.11 ± 8.72*	5.27 ± 3.12	6.41 ± 4.18
Adiponectin (µg/ml)	8.76 ± 3.8	9.53 ± 4.30*	7.21 ± 2.89	7.75 ± 3.01
Leptin/Adiponectin ratio	0.91 ± 0.83	1.33 ± 1.10*	0.72 ± 0.29	0.82 ± 0.41
Glucose (mmol/l)	5.11 ± 0.34	5.31 ± 0.61	4.92 ± 0.35	4.96 ± 0.26
Insulin (pmol/l)	30.9 ± 19.44	38.58 ± 20.76*	31.20 ± 18.36	29.10 ± 13.86

Data are presented as mean ± SD, TP1: baseline measure; TP2: 8-week follow-up,

^*is p < 0.05 determined by paired Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test,

BMI: Body mass index, HDL: high density lipoprotein.