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

Table 3 Relation of neck circumference (NC) to metabolic variables and physical tests

	Subjects	NC (cm) at T1 or T2
Variables	N	r	r² or IC	P
Resting energy expenditure (kcal/d) T1	28	0.60	0.36	0.0008*
Resting energy expenditure (kcal/d) T2	16	0.56	0.31	0.0251*
Δ Resting energy expenditure (kcal/d)	16	0.59	0.35	0.0160*
Uric acid T1 (mg/dL)†	48	0.51	0.26 a 0.69	0.0002*
Total cholesterol (TC) (mg/dL) T1	48	0.25	0.063	0.0858¶
HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL) T1	48	-0.35	0.12	0.0139*
LDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL) T1	48	0.33	0.11	0.0224*
TC/HDL T1	48	0.47	0.22	0.0007*
Triglycerides (mg/dL) T1	48	0.25	0.06	0.0826¶
Glucose (mg/dL) T1	46	0.05	0.00	0.7227¶
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) T1†	49	0.20	-0.09 a 0.46	0.1775¶
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) T1†	49	0.13	-0.16 a 0.40	0.3715¶
1-RM seated low row (kg) T1	42	0.49	0.24	0.0009*
1-RM bench press (kg) T1	42	0.22	0.04	0.1607¶
1-RM leg press (kg) T1	42	0.10	0.01	0.5465¶

Statistical analysis: Most variables presented Gaussian distribution and therefore Pearson linear correlation was used; † Spearman correlation. *Significant; ¶Nonsignificant. Δ: variation (T2-T1) of the variables in question. 1-RM: 1-repetition maximum tests.

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