Table 2.
Biochemical changes following nutrition and exercise programs.
| Variable (mg %) | Exe + nutr (n = 41) | Nutrition (n = 21) | Exercise (n = 7) | Control (n = 27) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | T(p) | Percentage change | Before | After | T(p) | Percentage change | Before | After | T(p) | Percentage change | Before | After | T(p) | Percentage change | |
| Triglycerides | 135. 5 (50.8) | 105.3 (43.9) | 2.9* | −20.3 | 119.3 (18.8) | 105.9 (26.8) | 1.2 | −11.2 | 126.7 (65.7) | 138 (89.7) | 0.59 | +8.9 | 133.7 (58.2) | 149.2 (76.3) | 1.2 | +11.6 |
| Cholesterol total | 202.1 (45.5) | 182.5 (36.8) | 3.3* | −9.7 | 212.2 (41.1) | 194.4 (45.3) | 3.1* | −8.4 | 213.7 (20.5) | 219.3 (53.4) | 0.32 | +2.6 | 202.9 (30.7) | 194.9 (33.8) | 1.1 | −3.9 |
| LDL cholesterol | 123.8 (42.7) | 114.9 (34.9) | 1.96 | −7.2 | 137.2 (40.4) | 123.1 (41.3) | 3.99* | −10.3 | 129 (23.5) | 125.7 (47.9) | 0.22 | +2.6 | 121.7 (26.8) | 115.6 (25.9) | 0.9 | −5 |
| HDL cholesterol | 57.8 (15.2) | 54.9 (11.1) | 1.1 | −5 | 49.7 (12.5) | 47.3 (8.8) | 0.65 | −4.8 | 61.1 (16) | 58.2 (11.3) | 0.83 | −4.7 | 53.9 (12.1) | 51.6 (11.2) | 1.5 | −4.3 |
| Fasting blood glucose | 97.2 (16.5) | 93.8 (9.3) | 1.6 | −3.5 | 94.4 (13.2) | 92.4 (9.1) | 0.4 | −2.1 | 89.7 (3.6) | 87.7 (14) | 0.32 | −2.2 | 103.7 (25.8) | 109.1 (31.5) | 2.3 | +5.2 |
exe + nutr: exercise + nutrition program; mg: milligram; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein.
Variables were tested with t-test for dependent samples.
*
p < 0.05.