Table II.

Comparison of the variables between the groups of the study in different stages

Variable	Group	Pretest	Posttest	Within-group P	Between-group P
sICAM-1 (pg/ml)	ET	323.00 ± 91.53	334.00 ± 110.84	0.501	0.472
	RT	342.75 ± 88.33	333.67 ± 77.24	0.499
	Control	316.67 ± 72.69	32.75 ± 73.29	0.556
IL-6 (pg/ml)	ET	1.88 ± 0.36	1.79 ± 0.20	0.358	0.835
	RT	2.02 ± 0.40	2.01 ± 0.37	0.900
	Control	1.79 ± 0.26	1.98 ± 0.32	0.858
hs-CRP (mg/dl)	ET	9.33 ± 4.32	7.33 ± 2.53	0.169	0.370
	RT	8.50 ± 3.73	8.33 ± 4.38	0.778
	Control	7.75 ± 3.72	7.75 ± 2.60	1.000
TC (mg/dl)	ET	188.75 ± 51.32	181.50 ± 41.28	0.834	0.115
	RT	199.42 ± 70.93	175.08 ± 58.68	0.009*
	Control	162.40 ± 30.77	158.20 ± 24.25	0.022*
TG (mg/dl)	ET	130.00 ± 13.81	123.00 ± 40.98	0.834	0.977
	RT	140.08 ± 106.31	120.75 ± 67.98	0.433
	Control	113.58 ± 56.02	93.42 ± 30.28	0.063
LDL-C (mg/dl)	ET	88.83 ± 24.86	88.92 ± 16.65	0.623	0.038**
	RT	69.00 ± 16.68	79.17 ± 22.85	0.006*
	Control	77.67 ± 15.54	47.75 ± 14.85	0.471
HDL-C (mg/dl)	ET	41.25 ± 14.06	39.92 ± 10.93	0.785	0.239
	RT	35.08 ± 13.25	45.75 ± 12.77	0.020*
	Control	36.00 ± 9.43	41.50 ± 7.22	0.040*

Within-group P: paired t-test. Between-group P: one-way ANOVA, all others were presented as mean ± SD. sICAM-1: soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1; IL-6: interleukin-6; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; ET: endurance training; RT: resistance training; SD: standard deviation

^*p < 0.05 significant difference compared to pretest

^**p < 0.05 significant difference between the three groups