Whey protein sweetened with Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (Bert.) increases mitochondrial biogenesis markers in the skeletal muscle of resistance-trained rats

Table 3 Plasmatic parameters of the sedentary and resistance-trained rats

Parameters	SC	TC	TW	TWS
Glycemia (mg × dl⁻¹)	79.2 ± 3.0	82.4 ± 1.9	80.0 ± 1.4	85.0 ± 2.4
Insulinemia (ng × ml^− 1)	0.33 ± 0.02	0.29 ± 0.05	0.21 ± 0.02	0.33 ± 0.03^&
Triglyceride (mg × dl^− 1)	49.6 ± 5.8	50.2 ± 5.3	46.7 ± 4.8	49.6 ± 2.9
Cholesterol (mg × dl^− 1)	85.1 ± 2.4	108.2 ± 3.1*	106.6 ± 1.7	110.8 ± 2.3
HDL^a (mg × dl^− 1)	36.4 ± 2.7	40.5 ± 1.4	39.3 ± 0.9	38.4 ± 1.9
Total proteins (mg × dl^− 1)	4.47 ± 0.08	4.41 ± 0.09	4.38 ± 0.04	4.51 ± 0.07
Creatinine (mg × dl^− 1)	5.33 ± 0.31	5.44 ± 0.29	5.06 ± 0.23	4.85 ± 0.39
TAC^b (μmol Trolox equivalent × l⁻¹)	0.92 ± 0.15	1.04 ± 0.14	0.80 ± 0.07	0.85 ± 0.10

^aHDL, high density lipoprotein; ^bTAC, total antioxidant capacity. Data are presented as mean ± SEM, n = 8–10. *p ≤ 0.05 vs SC, Student t-test. ^#p ≤ 0.05 vs TC and ^&p ≤ 0.05 vs TW, ANOVA, Tukey’s post-hoc test

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