Table 2.

Serum metabolic markers of MS patients before and after 4 weeks of normoxic (n = 17) and hypoxic treadmill training (n = 17).

	Normoxia		Hypoxia
	Before	After	Before	After
Glucose, mg/dl	89 (10)	87 (13)	88 (8)	84 (12)
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	228 (51)	237 (40)	207 (46)	221 (50)*
LDL cholesterol, mg/dl	140 (48)	142 (36)	124 (42)	134 (45)*
HDL cholesterol, mg/dl	68 (16)	72 (18)*	64 (19)	67 (18)
Total/HDL ratio	3.5 (1.1)	3.5 (1.1)	3.4 (1.0)	3.5 (1.0)
LDL/HDL ratio	2.2 (0.9)	2.1 (0.9)	2.1 (0.9)	2.2 (0.9)
Triglycerides, mg/dl	104 (67)	114 (68)	95 (35)	97 (35)

Data are given as means (SD). LDL, low density lipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein.

^*P < 0.05 before vs. after training (Wilcoxon signed rank test).