Table 2.
Biochemical and hematological markers of the groups. Data are means (±SD).
Group I (n=32)
Group II (n=32)
Glucose (mg·dl
-1
)
97.7 (9.6)
104.4 (12.7)
*
HbA1c (%)
5.4 (.4)
5.5 (.4)
Total cholesterol (mg·dl
-1
)
213.7 (39.4)
205.2 (37.6)
HDL cholesterol (mg·dl
-1
)
50.6 (7.8)
43.3 (7.8)
***
LDL cholesterol (mg·dl
-1
)
140.5 (31.9)
132.5 (33.3)
Triglyceride (mg·dl
-1
)
112.6 (66.3)
157.0 (98.4)
*
Uric acid (mg·dl
-1
)
5.40 (1.14)
6.37 (1.34)
**
WBC (x10
3
·mm
-3
)
6.21 (1.54)
6.74 (1.22)
hs-CRP (mg·dl
-1
)
.180 (.29)
.241 (.29)
Platelet count (x10
3
·mm
-3
)
225.8 (43.6)
232.3 (41.8)
Fibrinogen (mg·dl
-1
)
308.0 (50.1)
294.7 (50.1)
Group I = Regularly exercising subjects, Group II = Sedentary subjects, HDL = High-density lipoprotein, LDL = Low-density lipoprotein, WBC = White blood cell, hs-CRP = High-sensitive C-reactive protein.
* p < 0.05,
** p < 0.01
*** p < 0.001.