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Table 2 Lipid profile, glucose, PAI-1, adiponectin, and CRP levels in the sedentary and highly trained athletes groups.

From: Sedentary subjects have higher PAI-1 and lipoproteins levels than highly trained athletes

Subjects

Sedentary

Highly Trained Athletes

TG (mmol/L)

1.40 ± 0.62

0.94 ± 0.45*

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.98 ± 0.27

2.84 ± 0.66***

LDL-c (mmol/L)

2.38 ± 0.16

1.50 ± 0.80**

LDL-ox (mmol/L)

1.37 ± 0.67

0.71 ± 0.42

HDL-c (mmol/L)

1.31 ± 0.23

1.15 ± 0.35

TC/HDL-c ratio

3.09 ± 0.51

2.72 ± 1.28

Glucose (mmol/L)

4.26 ± 0.23

4.45 ± 0.06

PAI-1 (ng/mL)

18.7 ± 2.00

4.50 ± 1.71***

Adiponectin (ug/L)

14.1 ± 3.48

13.73 ± 5.91

CRP (g/L)

2.83 ± 0.27

2.82 ± 0.25

  1. Results are expressed as mean value ± SD. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01;
  2. *** p < 0.001 significantly lower than Sedentary group.