Table 2.

Blood parameters

Variables	Pretraining	Posttraining
Fasting plasma glucose, mg/dl	110±3	109±3
Fasting plasma insulin, μU/ml	20.8±2.7	16.7±1.8†
Glucose AUC	547±54	452±53†
Insulin AUC	70,973±9,291	55,760±8,951†
Cholesterol, mg/dl	202±9	186±8†
Triglycerides, mg/dl	195±26	164±19*
Leptin, ng/ml	26.99±3.61	21.36±3.07
TNF-α, pg/ml	2.62±0.49	2.55±0.43
Adiponectin, μg/ml	6.32±0.90	6.05±1.23

Values are means ± SE; n = 16 subjects: 11 women, 5 men. AUC, area under the curve; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α.

^*P < 0.005.

^†P < 0.05.