Table 2.
The anthropometric measures of the study participants.
| Intervention Measuresb | Exercise |
Diet-plus-exercise |
p-valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Before | After | ||
| BW (kg) | 83.94 ± 14.19 | 81.35 ± 13.87 | 84.51 ± 15.36 | 80.77 ± 14.99 | 0.001 |
| Difference | 2.59 ± 4.13*** | 3.74 ± 4.50*** | |||
| BMI | 29.28 ± 3.70 | 28.57 ± 5.84 | 30.41 ± 4.20 | 29.06 ± 4.18 | 0.003 |
| Difference | 0.71 ± 4.75*** | 1.34 ± 1.56*** | |||
| WC (cm) | 96.30 ± 9.74 | 91.81 ± 9.75 | 97.79 ± 11.37 | 92.03 ± 10.84 | 0.006 |
| Difference | 4.48 ± 5.90*** | 5.77 ± 6.24*** | |||
| SBP (mmHg) | 131.81 ± 16.77 | 125.10 ± 14.72 | 130.53 ± 18.03 | 124.04 ± 15.94 | 0.826 |
| Difference | 6.71 ± 15.29*** | 6.48 ± 12.79*** | |||
| DBP (mmHg) | 84.03 ± 11.86 | 78.65 ± 10.23 | 82.89 ± 12.75 | 77.65 ± 10.68 | 0.986 |
| Difference | 5.24 ± 10.42*** | 5.25 ± 9.39*** | |||
| TC (mg/dL) | 191.31 ± 32.33 | 187.30 ± 31.99 | 191.30 ± 32.43 | 184.81 ± 30.44 | 0.179 |
| Difference | 4.01 ± 23.47*** | 6.49 ± 23.59*** | |||
| HDL (mg/dL) | 46.50 ± 10.29 | 47.20 ± 10.67 | 46.48 ± 9.57 | 46.62 ± 8.53 | 0.225 |
| Difference | 0.69 ± 6.44** | 0.13 ± 5.71 | |||
| LDL (mg/dL) | 124.35 ± 31.33 | 119.79 ± 29.88 | 125.00 ± 29.51 | 119.68 ± 28.28 | 0.642 |
| Difference | 4.56 ± 22.80*** | 5.32 ± 20.36*** | |||
| TG (mg/dL) | 145.02 ± 88.86 | 140.03 ± 98.49 | 142.83 ± 85.21 | 133.21 ± 104.35 | 0.462 |
| Difference | 4.99 ± 79.12 | 9.62 ± 83.81 | |||
| IFG (mg/dL) | 93.62 ± 19.37 | 93.54 ± 20.40 | 98.11 ± 30.15 | 95.27 ± 24.28 | 0.022 |
| Difference | 0.09 ± 13.94 | 2.85 ± 15.62** | |||
| UA (mg/dL) | 6.69 ± 1.52 | 6.70 ± 2.80 | 6.36 ± 1.50 | 6.32 ± 1.56 | 0.878 |
| Difference | −0.01 ± 2.60 | 0.01 ± 0.87 | |||
∗p-value＜0.05, ∗∗p-value < 0.01, ∗∗∗p-value < 0.001, performed by a paired t-test comparing pre-test and post-test.
a
p-value was determined using an independent t test for the difference between the pre-test and post-test in two groups.
b
Abbreviations: BW: body weight; BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TC: total cholesterol; HDL: high density lipid; LDL: low density lipid; TG: triglyceride; IFG: impaired fasting glucose; UA: uric acid.