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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study subjects before (T1) and after (T2) the interventions

From: Dietary Re-education, Exercise Program, Performance and Body Indexes Associated with Risk Factors in Overweight/Obese Women

Variables/Times

T1 mean ± SD (n)

T2 mean ± SD (n)

Age

36 ± 11 (50)

-

Height

164 ± 6 (50)

-

Weight

83 ± 16‡ (50)

77 ± 16 (27)

BMI

31 ± 6‡ (50)

29 ± 6 (27)

Body fat % by anthropometry

42 ± 6‡ (50)

36 ± 6 (27)

Body fat % by bioimpedance

40 ± 6 (46)

38 ± 6 (18)

Glucose (mg/dL)

93 ± 10† (46)

89 ± 6 (21)

Uric acid (mg/dL)

5 ± 1* (48)

4 ± 1 (22)

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

184 ± 29* (48)

178 ± 27 (22)

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

105 ± 52 (48)

87 ± 35 (22)

HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL)

55 ± 12* (48)

52 ± 12 (22)

LDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL)

108 ± 27 (48)

105 ± 18 (22)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

124 ± 20† (49)

117 ± 14 (24)

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

80 ± 13 (49)

76 ± 10 (24)

1-RM bench press (kg)

44 ± 12‡ (42)

49 ± 11 (21)

1-RM seated low row (kg)

35 ± 5‡ (42)

41 ± 6 (21)

1-RM leg press (kg)

80 ± 21‡ (42)

88 ± 21 (21)

VO2max (L/min)

34 ± 2‡ (24)

40 ± 2 (18)

  1. Statistics: data are reported as means ± SD; n = number of subjects per test. Paired t-test; only diastolic blood pressure was evaluated by the paired Wilcoxon test. T1 versus T2: * P ≤ 0.05; † P ≤ 0.005; ‡ P ≤ 0.0001. 1-RM: 1-repetition maximum tests; VO2max : maximum oxygen consumption.