Table 1.

Descriptive statistics. Data are presented as mean ± s.e.m.

	Control (n  = 5) (M/F: 1/4)			NMES (n  = 5) (M/F: 1/4)			Interaction P -value
	Baseline	Post-intervention	P -value	Baseline	Post-intervetion	P -value
Age (years)	42.2 ± 4.95			30.33 ± 4.49
Blood pressure
Systolic (mmHg)	104 ± 0	103 ± 2	0.97	112 ± 6	102 ± 3	0.1	0.18
Diastolic (mmHg)	69 ± 2	68 ± 1	0.96	79 ± 6	68 ± 4	0.03	0.08
Body composition
Height (cm)	162 ± 5			163 ± 2
Body weight (kg)	87.18 ± 5.85	86.66 ± 6.22	0.65	87.22 ± 7.12	86.76 ± 7.31	0.71	0.94
BMI (kg/m2)	32.84 ± 1.44	32.65 ± 1.51	0.70	32.70 ± 2.29	32.47 ± 2.38	0.52	0.83
Waist circumference	101.05 ± 3.33	98.8 ± 4.27	0.34	96.10 ± 4.73	95.63 ± 5.54	0.94	0.44
Hip circumference	114.99 ± 2.86	112.7 ± 1.85	0.13	115.80 ± 4.57	115.27 ± 4.60	0.86	0.28
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.88 ± 0.01	0.88 ± 0.03	0.98	0.83 ± 0.02	0.83 ± 0.02	0.99	0.94
Lean mass (kg)	48.55 ± 5.54	47.98 ± 5.56	0.14	47.30 ± 4.29	46.77 ± 4.24	0.17	0.92
Fat mass (kg)	35.73 ± 2.18	35.61 ± 1.99	0.97	37.02 ± 3.54	37.21 ± 3.93	0.92	0.69
Body fat (%)	42.94 ± 3.00	43.2 ± 2.83	0.78	43.82 ± 1.95	44.12 ± 2.29	0.72	0.94
Android fat (%)	51.32 ± 2.73	52.16 ± 2.39	0.42	48.72 ± 2.97	50.04 ± 3.40	0.15	0.62
Gynoid fat (%)	42.22 ± 3.10	42.78 ± 2.94	0.13	47.58 ± 3.01	47.06 ± 3.11	0.16	0.02
Android-to-gynoid fat ratio	1.23 ± 0.04	1.23 ± 0.04	0.96	1.04 ± 0.07	1.07 ± 0.07	0.09	0.18
Lean leg mass (kg)	16.61 ± 1.88	16.29 ± 0.12	0.12	16.58 ± 1.91	16.29 ± 1.91	0.15	0.90
Complete blood count
White blood cells (×109/L)	6.70 ± 0.46	6.50 ± 0.58	0.76	6.84 ± 0.90	5.76 ± 0.62	0.01	0.06
Red blood cells (×1012/L)	5.00 ± 0.15	4.90 ± 0.20	0.41	4.78 ± 0.19	4.93 ± 0.21	0.11	0.04
Plateletes (×109/L)	298.2 ± 19.60	299.00 ± 25.12	0.99	323.80 ± 20.98	315.00 ± 13.66	0.84	0.69
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	14.08 ± 0.22	13.68 ± 0.36	0.15	13.54 ± 0.97	13.82 ± 1.02	0.36	0.04
Hematocrit (%)	42.94 ± 0.74	41.48 ± 1.10	0.14	41.18 ± 2.28	42.20 ± 2.47	0.35	0.04
Lipid panel
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	188.40 ± 11.77	199.4 ± 10.28	0.13	183.80 ± 17.35	191.2 ± 18.70	0.35	0.64
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	169 ± 31.72	144.8 ± 9.86	0.50	162.20 ± 37.08	191.2 ± 26.05	0.99	0.44
HDL (mmol/L)	42.40 ± 5.09	45.2 ± 6.74	0.45	45.80 ± 2.33	45.2 ± 1.01	0.96	0.32
VLDL (mmol/L)	33.80 ± 6.37	29 ± 2.04	0.52	32.40 ± 7.44	32.4 ± 5.22	0.99	0.46
LDL (mmol/L)	112.20 ± 7.92	125.2 ± 8.03	0.03	105.60 ± 11.28	113.6 ± 14.07	0.18	0.42
Thyroid profile
Triiodothyronine (ng/dL)	109.20 ± 7.10	103.20 ± 7.62	0.52	122.80 ± 2.92	114.80 ± 6.60	0.33	0.8
Thyroxine µg/dL	6.38 ± 0.47	6.84 ± 0.67	0.31	7.72 ± 0.32	7.36 ± 0.36	0.47	0.09
Thyroid- stimulating hormone ( µIU/mL)	3.44 ± 0.90	2.52 ± 0.43	0.26	3.34 ± 0.71	3.26 ± 0.35	0.99	0.32
C-peptide (ng/mL)	4.06 ± 0.56	3.94 ± 0.51	0.79	3.10 ± 0.57	3.04 ± 0.42	0.79	0.26

Bold indicates statistical significance P  < 0.05.