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Table 3 Glucose, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol (mg/dl) levels in the sera of the animals at the end of the study

From: Different exercise protocols improve metabolic syndrome markers, tissue triglycerides content and antioxidant status in rats

Parameter

C

S

SA

A

 

Glucose

98.8 ± 9.9a

90.0 ± 5.2a

88.7 ± 3.0a

93.0 ± 4.1a

 

Triglycerides

182.8 ± 40.9a

174.0 ± 46.3a

124.5 ± 14.4a

163.8 ± 31.7a

 

HDL-Cholesterol

42.7 ± 5.3a

54.4 ± 7.8b[p < 0.05]

53.1 ± 4.6ab

47.4 ± 2.2b[p < 0.05]

 

LDL-Cholesterol

62.9 ± 3.9a

70.4 ± 6.5ab

70.0 ± 4.7b[p < 0.05]

71.1 ± 7.5ab

 
  1. C = Control; S = Strength Training; AS = Concurrent Training; A = Aerobic Training. n = 8 animals per group. Results are expressed as the means ± standard deviation. Different letters indicate the significant differences between groups (p ≤ 0.05).