Table 4. Resting blood variables during 52 wks of soccer or resistance training in elderly men.

	SG			RG			CG
	0 weeks	16 weeks	52 weeks	0 weeks	16 weeks	52 weeks	0 weeks	16 weeks	52 weeks
Fasting blood glucose (mM)	5.1±0.1	5.2±0.2	5.1±0.2	5.2±0.1	5.1±0.2	5.3±0.2	5.5±0.2	5.6±0.2	5.7±0.1
2 h OGTT blood glucose (mM)	7.2±1.4	6.7±1.2	7.1±1.5	5.5±1.1	6.4±1.6	5.9±0.9	6.9±1.1	7.1±1.2	6.9±1.5
OGTT AUC (mM/2 hrs)	16.5±1.6	14.2±1.4*[*]	16.0±1.3§	14.8±0.6	15.1±0.9	15.3±0.5	15.8±1.7	16.2±1.0	16.7±0.8
HbA1c (mM)	5.3±0.1	5.4±0.1	5.3±0.1	5.5±0.1	5.5±0.1	5.5±0.1	5.7±0.1	5.8±0.1	5.7±0.1
Fasting insulin (pM)	33±5	26±3	24±2	41±6	35±4	36±5	48±10	40±7	48±13
HOMA-IR	1.3±0.2	1.0±0.1	0.9±0.1	1.6±0.3	1.3±0.2	1.4±0.2	2.0±0.5	1.7±0.3	2.0±0.6
Total cholesterol (mM)	5.6±0.4	5.5±0.3	5.7±0.3	5.2±0.3	4.9±0.2	5.3±0.4	5.5±0.3	5.2±0.2	5.6±0.3
HDL cholesterol (mM)	1.6±0.1	1.7±0.1	1.8±0.1	1.4±0.1	1.5±0.1	1.7±0.2	1.6±0.1	1.6±0.1	1.6±0.1
LDL cholesterol (mM)	3.5±0.3	3.3±0.2	3.5±0.3	3.1±0.2	3.0±0.2	3.3±0.2	3.3±0.2	3.1±0.2	3.4±0.3
Triglycerides (mM)	0.9±0.1	1.0±0.1	0.9±0.1	1.1±0.1	1.2±0.1	1.2±0.2	1.0±0.1	1.1±0.2	1.2±0.3
Total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol	3.7±0.3	3.4±0.2*	3.2±0.3*[*]	3.7±0.2	3.5±0.2*	3.2±0.2*§[*]	3.6±0.3	3.3±0.3	3.5±0.3
LDL cholesterol/HDL cholesterol	2.3±0.2	2.0±0.2	2.0±0.2	2.2±0.2	2.1±0.2	2.0±0.2	2.2±0.2	2.0±0.2	2.1±0.3

Resting blood glucose, 2h Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), blood glucose, HbA1c, plasma insulin and total cholesterol (TC), cholesterol sub-fractions as well as calculated homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) in elderly male subjects before (0 wks) as well as after 16 and 52 wks of soccer training (SG), resistance training (RG) or continuation of an inactive lifestyle (CG). Means ± SEM are presented. SNK:

* Significantly (p<0.05) different from 0 wks.

§ Significantly (p<0.05) different from 16 wks.

Tukey: [Brackets around notation].