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Table 2.

Baseline (PRE) and 24 h after exercise (24 h POST) metabolic and inflammatory parameters after 1 h of uphill (CE) and downhill (EE) walking at the same energy expenditure

	PRE CE mean ± SD	24 h POST CE mean ± SD	Within p values	PRE EE mean ± SD	24 h POST EE mean ± SD	Within p values	Interaction p values
OGTT0 (mg dl⁻¹)	82.8 ± 11.8	74.2 ± 12.9	0.091	79.1 ± 13.7	85.0 ± 6.3	0.128	0.018
OGTT1 (mg dl⁻¹)	114.0 ± 28.8	104.2 ± 19.4	0.128	118.2 ± 23.2	109.4 ± 15.1	0.499	0.735
OGTT2 (mg dl⁻¹)	91.5 ± 16.4	87.8 ± 14.3	1.000	100.3 ± 18.9	99.5 ± 11.1	1.000	0.735
AUC (mg dl⁻¹ h⁻¹)	201.2 ± 31.7	185.2 ± 26.9	0.128	207.9 ± 35.5	201.6 ± 17.0	0.499	1.000
Insulin (mU l⁻¹)	9.45 ± 3.87	8.80 ± 5.23	0.674	7.23 ± 3.06	6.63 ± 2.72	0.917	0.917
HOMA	2.18 ± 0.97	2.02 ± 1.17	0.753	1.63 ± 0.63	1.55 ± 0.63	0.917	0.753
IL-6 (pg ml⁻¹)	0.75 ± 0.29	0.88 ± 0.23	0.173	1.07 ± 0.67	0.86 ± 0.26	0.917	0.249
TNF-α (pg ml⁻¹)	1.27 ± 0.43	2.17 ± 1.78	0.600	1.47 ± 0.19	3.36 ± 3.82	0.173	0.917
CK (U l⁻¹)	117.8 ± 63.6	97.0 ± 42.0	0.172	98.8 ± 61.5	197.2 ± 58.5	0.046	0.028

CE concentric exercise, EE eccentric exercise, OGTT oral glucose tolerance test, OGTT0 fasting glucose concentration in capillary blood, OGTT1 glucose concentration in capillary blood 1 h after drinking 75 g of glucose dissolved in 300 ml of water, OGTT2 glucose concentration in capillary blood 1 h after drinking 75 g of glucose dissolved in 300 ml of water, AUC area under the curve of the oral glucose tolerance test, HOMA homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, IL-6 interleukin 6, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor alpha, CK creatine kinase; within group changes were calculated with Wilcoxon test, interactions (time × group) were calculated from the mean differences with Wilcoxon test