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. 2018 Dec 11;9:1781. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01781

Table 2.

Anthropometric and biochemical characteristics at baseline and after 12 weeks of exercise intervention by BMI groups.

Normal weight (n = 13)
Overweight (n = 10)
Obesity (n = 10)
Baseline After p Baseline After p Baseline After p



BMI (kg/m2) l,l l 22.34±1.45 22.27±1.55 NS 27.25±1.47 27.15±1.39 NS 33.67±3.01 33.03±2.79 <0.05
Waist (cm) l,l l 78.05±6.45 77.96±6.29 NS 91.19±8.20 89.34±7.02 NS 106.55±8.45 104.04±7.85 <0.01
Hip (cm) l,l l 91.00±8.84 90.43±8.80 NS 102.35±4.95 102.11±4.63 NS 113.65±8.68 111.93±8.54 NS
Glucose (mg/dL)l,l l 87.92±8.07 81.23±9.68 <0.05 98.20±9.10 88.30±7.33 <0.01 91.90±6.72 92.60±5.69 NS
Triglycerides (mg/dL) l l 118.00±55.21 86.30±28.85 <0.01 210.80±180.60 162.20±100.39 0.055 182.70±96.07 152.30±61.53 NS
Cholesterol (mg/dL) l, l l 180.76±36.33 166.69±34.85 <0.05 222.00±45.36 211.50±49.71 NS 182.30±38.85 176.60±25.39 NS
HDL-C (mg/dL)l, l l 48.15±7.62 46.77±9.93 NS 48.80±14.79 47.50±8.48 NS 37.50±5.01 35.80±12.03 NS
LDL (mg/dL) 108.99±26.39 102.66±25.56 0.093 131.04±15.70 131.56±39.49 NS 108.26±39.73 107.14±25.87 NS
Insulin (μU/L)l, l l 6.40±2.47 4.69±2.32 <0.001 12.40±11.46 8.60±8.47 <0.05 13.15±6.00 16.16±6.26 NS
HOMA-IR l, l l 1.41±0.66 0.95±0.53 <0.001 3.15±3.28 1.91±1.92 <0.01 3.00±1.46 3.73±1.55 NS
Irisin (ng/mL) 9.38±1.60 9.71±1.76 NS 9.60±1.25 10.15±1.24 <0.05 9.00±1.88 9.39±1.52 NS
Acute Irisin (ng/mL) 9.92±1.52 11.50±2.03 <0.05 9.43±1.35 10.70±1.57 <0.05 9.26±1.31 10.87±1.79 <0.01
Leptin (ng/mL) l, l l 14.80±5.66 14.47±5.29 NS 23.00±10.17 17.87±8.02 0.074 28.67±14.08 26.30±13.21 NS
Adiponectin (μg/mL) l, l l 9.36±3.95 7.26±2.93 <0.05 7.07±3.31 6.31±2.76 NS 4.86±2.64 4.21±2.37 <0.05
IL-6 (pg/mL) l, l l 4.08±1.09 3.89±1.00 NS 4.01±0.56 3.57±0.67 <0.05 6.69±5.68 6.80±5.10 NS
Acute IL-6 (pg/mL) 3.98±1.24 5.49±2.63 <0.05 3.91±0.65 4.74±1.16 0.061 7.87±7.33 8.33±5.02 NS
Apelin (n/mL) (n = 19) (Nw = 7 Ow = 6, Ob = 6) 280.84±129.86 150.68±91.51 <0.05 301.17±113.53 174.69±155.58 NS 209.29±110.66 187.00±144.53 NS
FGF-21 (pg/mL) 445.48±238.35 417.48±147.60 NS 459.40±247.01 479.10±215.52 NS 633.76±422.09 662.67±340.67 NS
Acute FGF-21 (pg/mL) (n = 23) (Nw = 10 Ow = 7, Ob = 6) 371.22±174.85 380.89±183.92 NS 511.79±270.41 558.53±305.52 NS 409.82±139.54 531.78±339.86 NS

Data are presented as mean standard deviation. Difference between BMI groups l before, l l after p < 0.05. NS, not significant. Waist adjusted by BMI.