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Table 2 Changes in blood parameters at baseline and after 12 weeks

From: Effects of low-volume walking programme and vitamin E supplementation on oxidative damage and health-related variables in healthy older adults

  

Groups

P- value

WG (N= 7)

WSG (N= 7)

SG (N= 10)

CG (N= 14)

(time, interaction)

Triacylglycerol (mg/dl)

Baseline

100.9 ± 13.1

97.3 ± 11.6

85.0 ± 6.0

99.1 ± 15.0

0.109, 0.703

12 weeks

112.7 ± 15.8

106.0 ± 13.1

99.0 ± 13.6

99.1 ± 12.4

Δ

+11.9 ± 15.9

+8.7 ± 8.9

+14.0 ± 1.0

−0.1 ± 7.4

TC (mg/dl)

Baseline

199.1 ± 9.8

224.7 ± 13.6

201.7 ± 6.8

212.6 ± 5.7

0.001, 0.012

12 weeks

235.3 ± 10.7†

237.6 ± 11.4†

217.5 ± 7.3†

214.6 ± 7.1

Δ

+36.1 ± 8.1‡

+12.9 ± 5.2

+15.8 ± 6.7

+2.1 ± 6.1

HDL-C (mg/dl)

Baseline

61.6 ± 4.0

64.7 ± 7.6

56.3 ± 3.4

63.5 ± 5.35

0.081, 0.165

12 weeks

70.6 ± 6.6†

63.7 ± 7.0

59.1 ± 3.7

63.8 ± 4.15

Δ

+9.0 ± 3.4

−1.0 ± 3.0

+2.8 ± 1.3

+0.3 ± 3.2

LDL-C (mg/dl)

Baseline

115.0 ± 7.1

132.6 ± 11.2

119.4 ± 6.3

118.7 ± 5.4

0.004, 0.122

12 weeks

135.0 ± 9.1

140.3 ± 9.1

125.6 ± 7.6

119.4 ± 5.8

Δ

+20.0 ± 8.4

+7.7 ± 5.5

+6.2 ± 5.5

+0.7 ± 3.8

Glucose (mg/dl)

Baseline

96.9 ± 2.8

110.0 ± 8.4

91.1 ± 1.5

90.2 ± 1.2

0.992, 0.098

12 weeks

100.3 ± 2.9

106.1 ± 8.8

89.4 ± 2.2

92.8 ± 1.1†

Δ

+3.4 ± 2.7

−3.9 ± 3.1

−1.7 ± 2.5

+2.6 ± 1.2

Insulin (pmol/L)

Baseline

26.1 ± 5.4

22.6 ± 4.6

17.6 ± 3.2

22.4 ± 1.3

0.021, 0.374

12 weeks

26.5 ± 5.4

33.5 ± 8.4

24.7 ± 2.3

24.9 ± 2.1

Δ

+0.3 ± 7.5

+10.9 ± 5.8

+7.1 ± 3.7

+2.6 ± 1.7

HbA1c (%)

Baseline

5.37 ± 0.11

5.54 ± 0.27

5.10 ± 0.09

5.11 ± 0.10

0.001, 0.823

12 weeks

5.21 ± 0.08

5.34 ± 0.27†

5.00 ± 0.07†

4.97 ± 0.04

Δ

−0.16 ± 0.06

−0.20 ± 0.02

−0.10 ± 0.04

−0.14 ± 0.08

C-peptide (pmol/L)

Baseline

374.4 ± 50.9

366.9 ± 40.5

369.9 ± 31.5

360.8 ± 29.1

0.001, 0.578

12 weeks

470.1 ± 71.3

492.0 ± 99.2

427.6 ± 36.6

415.8 ± 31.0†

Δ

+95.6 ± 66.1

+125.1 ± 67.9

+57.7 ± 30.8

+55.0 ± 13.1

sE-selectin (ng/ml)

Baseline

41.6 ± 7.1

48.9 ± 8.7

41.1 ± 2.9

39.3 ± 3.5

0.001, 0.442

12 weeks

47.4 ± 7.1

51.3 ± 8.2

44.0 ± 2.9

46.2 ± 3.7†

Δ

+5.8 ± 3.7

+2.4 ± 1.6

+2.9 ± 2.2

+6.9 ± 2.0

sVCAM-1 (ng/ml)

Baseline

748.3 ± 56.8

689.6 ± 43.9

603.4 ± 24.2

692.5 ± 47.8

0.019, 0.060

12 weeks

771.8 ± 66.5

692.6 ± 45.8

610.8 ± 26.1

760.3 ± 59.0†

Δ

+23.5 ± 19.1

+3.0 ± 27.2

+7.4 ± 16.3

+67.8 ± 17.5

  1. Values are mean ± SEM. WG, walking group; WSG, walking + supplementation group; SG, supplementation group; CG, control group; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-C, high density lipopoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipopoprotein cholesterol; sE-selectin, soluble E-selectin; sVCAM-1, soluble vascular adhesion molecule-1.
  2. † Significantly different from the baseline value in the same group (Paired t-test, P < 0.05).
  3. ‡ Significantly different from the CG (One-factor ANOVA with Bonferroni adjustment, P = 0.007).
  4. Δ, 12 weeks – baseline difference; w, walking; ws, walking + supplementation; s, supplementation; c, control.