Table 4.
Changes in nitric oxide-related parameters before and after chronic exercise training for one month
| Variables | Total | p | Male | p | Female | p | Age ≤34 | p | Age ≥35 | p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 41) |
(n = 19) |
(n = 22) |
(n = 22) |
(n = 19) |
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| Pre-exercise (n = 19) | Post-exercise (n = 21) | Pre-exercise | Post-exercise | Pre-exercise | Post-exercise | Pre-exercise | Post-exercise | Pre-exercise | Post-exercise | ||||||
| Age | 34.24 ± 12.0 | 34.68 ± 12.34 | 33.86 ± 11.97 | 24.27 ± 4.01 | 44.55 ± 8.22 | ||||||||||
| Sex (M/F) | 19/22 | 10/12 | 9/10 | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 62.1 ± 1.78 | 61.8 ± 1.8 | 0.842 | 69.6 ± 2.4 | 69.2 ± 2.4 | 0.793 | 55.5 ± 1.6 | 55.4 ± 1.6 | 0.940 | 62.5 ± 2.2 | 62.1 ± 2.2 | 0.769 | 61.6 ± 2.8 | 61.4 ± 2.9 | 0.964 |
| Arginase I | 4.8 ± 2.6 | 4.7 ± 2.5 | 0.766 | 4.8 ± 1.9 | 4.2 ± 1.4 | 0.290 | 4.9 ± 3.1 | 5.1 ± 3.2 | 0.835 | 4.7 ± 2.4 | 4.1 ± 1.7 | 0.252 | 4.9 ± 2.9 | 5.4 ± 3.1 | 0.609 |
| l-Arginine | 156.1 ± 35.4 | 138.3 ± 31.3 | 0.001 | 165.2 ± 35.3 | 146.7 ± 5.5 | 0.040 | 148.3 ± 34.4 | 131.0 ± 35.3 | 0.012 | 148.7 ± 27.8 | 134.6 ± 30.4 | 0.024 | 164.8 ± 41.8 | 142.4 ± 32.5 | 0.019 |
| l-Citrulline | 32.8 ± 8.0 | 34.6 ± 6.8 | 0.168 | 33.7 ± 7.6 | 35.5 ± 7.1 | 0.361 | 32.1 ± 8.3 | 33.9 ± 6.6 | 0.318 | 32.6 ± 8.4 | 35.0 ± 8.3 | 0.266 | 33.1 ± 7.6 | 34.2 ± 4.7 | 0.424 |
| l-Ornithine | 72.8 ± 32.7 | 84.30 ± 33.7 | 0.101 | 68.30 ± 30.2 | 87.5 ± 33.1 | 0.103 | 76.7 ± 34.9 | 81.6 ± 34.6 | 0.566 | 79.1 ± 4.0 | 89.2 ± 3.5 | 0.367 | 65.6 ± 19.4 | 78.7 ± 32.2 | 0.112 |
| NO2 | 141.9 ± 45.5 | 160.4 ± 53.4 | 0.039 | 121.9 ± 24.8 | 145.2 ± 44.1 | 0.043 | 159.21 ± 52.4 | 174 ± 58.2 | 0.298 | 150.3 ± 54.9 | 169.0 ± 60.2 | 0.180 | 132 ± 30.1 | 150.5 ± 43.9 | 0.107 |
| NOx (NO2− + NO3−) | 34.3 ± 20.2 | 33.7 ± 21.0 | 0.883 | 34.80 ± 20.4 | 29.4 ± 13.8 | 0.323 | 33.8 ± 20.7 | 37.3 ± 25.4 | 0.611 | 31.2 ± 16.4 | 30.5 ± 13.7 | 0.863 | 37.9 ± 24.0 | 37.3 ± 27.1 | 0.948 |
| SBP | 130.4 ± 15.2 | 128.2 ± 15.3 | 0.115 | 137.1 ± 15.5 | 136.9 ± 12.4 | 0.944 | 124.7 ± 12.6 | 120.6 ± 13.6 | 0.030 | 126.5 ± 10.4 | 127.1 ± 11.5 | 0.700 | 135.0 ± 18.6 | 129.4 ± 19.1 | 0.026 |
| DBP | 79.2 ± 12.0 | 76.70 ± 11.7 | 0.032 | 83.6 ± 12.8 | 80.7 ± 11.2 | 0.125 | 75.4 ± 9.9 | 73.2 ± 11.3 | 0.150 | 73.3 ± 8.4 | 74.60 ± 9.4 | 0.631 | 83.7 ± 13.9 | 79.1 ± 13.9 | 0.019 |
| Urea | 30.20 ± 9.3 | 39.40 ± 14.3 | <0.001 | 31.1 ± 9.9 | 33.8 ± 9.2 | 0.435 | 29.4 ± 8.9 | 44.3 ± 16.3 | <0.001 | 32.1 ± 9.1 | 45.40 ± 15.7 | 0.002 | 28.1 ± 9.3 | 32.6 ± 8.8 | 0.101 |
The values represent the mean ± SEM, and bold represents statistical significance.