Table 2.

Pre-training markers of vascular injury.

	Lean	Intermediate	Obese
CRP (ng/ml)	5.89±2.04	19.9±6.71	33.4±6.02*
VCAM-1 (ng/ml)	1.07±0.08	1.10±0.13	1.56±0.15*†
ICAM-1 (ng/ml)	0.62±0.05	0.79±0.19	1.04±0.11*
sICAM-3 (ng/ml)	0.64±0.05	0.61±0.07	0.88±0.06†
E-Selectin (ng/ml)	5.69±2.10	13.0±2.93	20.0±2.06*
P-Selectin (ng/ml)	64.7±9.2	62.7±8.5	66.4±6.0
Thrombomodulin (ng/ml)	3.77±0.46	3.36±0.41	3.47±0.15
SAA (ng/ml)	12.4±3.8	16.0±4.6	36.0±5.8*†

^*P<0.05 vs. Lean,

^†P<0.05 vs. Intermediate.