Table 3.

Biochemical outcomes before and after the supervised and the self-supervised training periods.

	CON	ET	ST	CBT
	(n = 12)	(n = 13)	(n = 13)	(n = 16)
FBG (mg$\cdot$dL−1)
Baseline	97.1 $\pm$ 17	88.2 $\pm$ 6.8	89.2 $\pm$ 17.1	95.7 $\pm$ 12.9
After supervised period	104.6 $\pm$ 19.2	92 $\pm$ 6	106 $\pm$ 31.4	99.1 $\pm$ 14.9
After self-supervised period	95.7 $\pm$ 14.7	88.4 $\pm$ 5.9	92.3 $\pm$ 14.4	92.9 $\pm$ 11
TC (mg$\cdot$dL−1)
Baseline	201.4 $\pm$ 48	210.7 $\pm$ 41.1	200.8 $\pm$ 40.9	203.8 $\pm$ 33.3
After supervised period	211.8 $\pm$ 43.1	211.3 $\pm$ 46	195.1 $\pm$ 41.1	209 $\pm$ 39.9
After self-supervised period	202.4 $\pm$ 43.3	208.3 $\pm$ 47.3	192 $\pm$ 37.8	202 $\pm$ 30.4
TG (mg$\cdot$dL−1)
Baseline	151.5 $\pm$ 64.7	122.1 $\pm$ 32.9	95.6 $\pm$ 31.6	96.5 $\pm$ 27.8
After supervised period	143.3 $\pm$ 57.1	134 $\pm$ 61.5	95.1 $\pm$ 31.5	109.5 $\pm$ 49.4
After self-supervised period	140.8 $\pm$ 67.4	125.8 $\pm$ 59.7	83.2 $\pm$ 28.3	93.4 $\pm$ 24.5
LDL-C (mg$\cdot$dL−1)
Baseline	122.6 $\pm$ 46.4	136.1 $\pm$ 39	123.2 $\pm$ 38.6	128.8 $\pm$ 32.9
After supervised period	133.3 $\pm$ 36.8	127.8 $\pm$ 35.7	118.8 $\pm$ 38	124.3 $\pm$ 35.9
After self-supervised period	124.3 $\pm$ 38.5	126.8 $\pm$ 41.4	109.9 $\pm$ 34.8	125.4 $\pm$ 31.5
HDL-C (mg$\cdot$dL−1)
Baseline	48.6 $\pm$ 10.8	53.8 $\pm$ 11.4	58.5 $\pm$ 9.1	55.9 $\pm$ 15.1
After supervised period	49.9 $\pm$ 15.5	56.8 $\pm$ 15.1	57.5 $\pm$ 7.2	57.3 $\pm$ 14.5
After self-supervised period	49.9 $\pm$ 8.7	56.4 $\pm$ 14.6	65.7 $\pm$ 10.9∗∗	57.5 $\pm$ 16.7
TC/HDL-C ratio
Baseline	4.2 $\pm$ 0.9	4 $\pm$ 0.9	3.5 $\pm$ 0.8	3.8 $\pm$ 1
After supervised period	4.4 $\pm$ 1	3.9 $\pm$ 1.1	3.4 $\pm$ 0.7	3.8 $\pm$ 1
After self-supervised period	4.1 $\pm$ 0.8	3.9 $\pm$ 1	3 $\pm$ 0.6∗	3.7 $\pm$ 1
LDL-C/HDL-C ratio
Baseline	2.5 $\pm$ 0.8	2.4 $\pm$ 1	2.1 $\pm$ 0.7	2.5 $\pm$ 0.9
After supervised period	2.8 $\pm$ 0.7	2.4 $\pm$ 0.8	2.1 $\pm$ 0.6	2.3 $\pm$ 0.9
After self-supervised period	2.5 $\pm$ 0.7	2.3 $\pm$ 0.7	1.7 $\pm$ 0.5∗	2.4 $\pm$ 0.9

Data are means $\pm$ SD. CON, control group; ET, endurance training group; ST, strength training group; CBT, combined endurance and strength training group; FBG, fasting blood glucose; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

^∗p $<$ 0.05 and ^∗∗p $<$ 0.01 to within-group comparison (baseline vs. after supervised period vs. after self-supervised period).