Table 3.
Baseline values of cardiometabolic blood markers according to intervention group and sex.
| Baseline Variable | IFT Males (n = 8) |
CERT Males (n = 8) | IFT Females (n = 7) |
CERT Females (n = 8) |
IFT Group (n = 15) | CERT Group (n = 16) | p-Value (Group) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hsCRP (mg/L) | 0.94 (0.64) | 1.41 (1.63) | 2.00 (1.82) | 2.43 (1.72) | 1.39 (1.34) | 1.92 (1.69) | 0.26 2 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 4.49 (0.79) | 4.18 (0.60) | 5.17 (1.02) | 4.18 (0.75) | 4.81 (0.94) | 4.18 (0.66) | 0.04 1 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 0.94 (0.26) | 1.20 (0.51) | 1.01 (0.36) | 0.90 (0.36) | 0.97 (0.30) | 1.05 (0.45) | 0.86 2 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.35 (0.47) | 1.15 (0.32) | 1.83 (0.46) | 1.57 (0.43) | 1.57 (0.51) | 1.36 (0.42) | 0.22 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.71 (0.63) | 2.49 (0.60) | 2.86 (0.78) | 2.19 (0.45) | 2.78 (0.68) | 2.34 (0.53) | 0.05 |
| Glucose (mmol/L) | 4.88 (0.33) | 4.90 (0.35) | 4.84 (0.42) | 4.76 (0.52) | 4.86 (0.36) | 4.83 (0.44) | 0.84 |
| Insulin (mU/L) 3 | 8.55 (4.54) | 10.26 (6.22) | 10.40 (2.73) | 11.89 (7.69) | 9.41 (3.80) | 11.08 (6.81) | 0.59 |
| HOMA-IR 3 | 1.88 (1.07) | 2.29 (1.60) | 2.27 (0.75) | 2.61 (2.02) | 2.06 (0.92) | 2.45 (1.77) | 0.64 |
Note: Mean (SD). 1 Significantly different between IFT and CERT. 2 Data from Mann–Whitney U test. 3 Presented values are non-transformed, and all analyses were conducted on Log10-transformed values to achieve normality. HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, hsCRP = high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, HOMA-IR = homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance, LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TC = total serum cholesterol.