Table 2.
Age and sex adjusted mean values of nitric oxide and l-arginine-related clinical variables
| Degree of exercise |
p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – (n = 119) | + (n = 53) | ++ (n = 11) | ||
| BMI | 23.6 ± 0.4 | 24.3 ± 0.5 | 22.6 ± 1.1 | 0.235 |
| Arginase I | 4.9 ± 0.3 | 5.6 ± 0.5 | 5.7 ± 1.0 | 0.432 |
| Arginase activity | 3.9 ± 0.2 | 4.8 ± 0.3 | 6.3 ± 0.7* | 0.001 |
| l-Arginine | 190.7 ± 4.6 | 182.9 ± 7.3 | 161.7 ± 15.1 | 0.155 |
| l-Citrulline | 304.6 ± 10.7 | 294.9 ± 17.0 | 266.2 ± 35.0 | 0.548 |
| l-Ornithine | 333.6 ± 12.0 | 315.9 ± 18.5 | 285.5 ± 37.9 | 0.395 |
| l-Citru + l-Orni | 615.6 ± 22.8 | 592.9 ± 33.1 | 554 ± 68.5 | 0.625 |
| l-Arg/l-Citru + l-Orni | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 0.719 |
| l-Arg/l-Citru | 0.7 ± 0.1 | 0.7 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 0.752 |
| l-Citru/l-Orni | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 0.593 |
| l-Arg/l-Orni | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 0.499 |
| NOx | 32.3 ± 2.0 | 34.7 ± 3.1 | 32.2 ± 6.4 | 0.904 |
| FeNO | 18.6 ± 1.7 | 20.3 ± 2.7 | 38.5 ± 5.6*,# | 0.004 |
| FVE1% | 88.9 ± 0.7 | 89.1 ± 1.1 | 86.6 ± 2.3 | 0.611 |
| Systolic blood pressure | 123.9 ± 1.3 | 127.1 ± 2.1 | 125.5 ± 4.3 | 0.418 |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 78.4 ± 0.9 | 77.8 ± 1.5 | 78.8 ± 3.1 | 0.920 |
| hs-CRP | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 1.7 ± 0.4 | 0.148 |
| HDL-c | 56.4 ± 1.5 | 58.3 ± 2.3 | 51.60 ± 4.8 | 0.439 |
| IgE | 108.9 ± 15.7 | 172.30 ± 24.8 | 108.90 ± 51.4 | 0.096 |
Significant difference (p<0.05) by age and sex-adjusted ANCOVA among the values of clinical parameters by degree of exercise. *p<0.01 vs exercise (–) group and #p<0.05 vs exercise degree (+) group.