Effects of eight weeks of resistance training on the risk factors of metabolic syndrome in overweight /obese women - “A Pilot Study”

Table 1 Anthropometric and hemodynamic characteristics of the subjects (n = 14) before and after eight weeks of resistance training

Variables	Pre	Post	Δ	P	ES
Age (y)	33.9 ± 8.6	-	-	-	-
Body mass (kg)	75.5 ± 12.9	76.4 ± 14.1	0.96	0.14	0.07
Height (m)	1.59 ± 0.08	-	-	-	-
BMI (kg·m²)	29.6 ± 4.1	29.9 ± 4.2	0.36	0.13	0.09
WC (cm)	88.4 ± 10.1	89.1 ± 8.9	0.77	0.45	0.08
HC (cm)	107.5 ± 8.8	108.0 ± 8.9	0.52	0.45	0.06
NC (cm)	34.9 ± 1.9	35.2 ± 1.7	0.30	0.35	0.15
BAI (%)	27.0 ± 3.9	27.3 ± 3.6	0.21	0.45	0.06
WHpR	0.82 ± 0.07	0.83 ± 0.06	0.01	0.63	0.05
WHtR	0.55 ±0.06	0.56 ± 0.05	0.01	0.45	0.08
VVF (cm²)	88.4 ± 22.1	90.0 ± 25.1	1.65	0.61	0.07
SBP (mmHg)	127.9 ± 15.1	123.2 ± 9.6	−4.7	0.19	0.31
DBP (mmHg)	83.7 ± 10.1	81.6 ± 8.7	−2.1	0.15	0.20
MBP (mmHg)	98.4 ± 10.9	95.5 ± 8.7	−2.9	0.11	0.27

BMI, body mass index (kg·m2); WC, waist circumference (cm), HC, hip circumference (cm); NC, neck circumference (cm), BAI, body adiposity index (%); WHpR, waist to hip ratio; WHtR, waist to height ratio; VVF, volume of visceral fat (cm²); SBP, systolic blood pressure (mmHg); DBP, diastolic blood pressure (mmHg); MBP, mean blood pressure (mmHg); ES, effect size.