Table 2 Baseline and post training levels of glucose, insulin resistance and blood lipids

Glucose (mmol/l)

AT

15

6.0 (1.2)

6.1 (1.4)

p = 0.741

η² = 0.002

p = 0.791

η² = 0.010

LL-RT

16

5.6 (0.6)

5.5 (0.7)

HL-RT

19

5.6 (0.5)

5.7 (0.5)

Insulin (pmol/l)

AT

15

95 (46)

98 (58)

p = 0.923

η² = 0.000

p = 0.885

η² = 0.005

LL-RT

16

78 (38)

77 (31)

HL-RT

19

74 (56)

70 (44)

HOMA2-IR (units)

AT

15

1.82 (0.86)

1.90 (1.12)

p = 0.965

η² = 0.000

p = 0.880

η² = 0.005

LL-RT

16

1.49 (0.71)

1.46 (0.58)

HL-RT

19

1.40 (1.05)

1.34 (0.82)

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

AT

19

3.8 (1.1)

3.4 (0.9)

p < 0.001

η² = 0.013

p = 0.492

η² = 0.025

LL-RT

19

3.2 (0.7)

3.0 (0.5)

HL-RT

21

3.6 (0.9)

3.2 (0.5)

HDL (mmol/l)

AT

19

1.2 (0.5)

1.3 (0.4)

p = 0.961

η² = 0.000

p = 0.573

η² = 0.020

LL-RT

19

1.2 (0.4)

1.2 (0.3)

HL-RT

21

1.2 (0.3)

1.2 (0.3)

LDL (mmol/l)

AT

19

2.0 (1.0)

1.6 (0.7)

p < 0.001

η² = 0.260

p = 0.499

η² = 0.025

LL-RT

19

1.6 (0.5)

1.4 (0.4)

HL-RT

21

2.0 (0.7)

1.5 (0.4)

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

AT

19

1.8 (1.0)

1.7 (0.9)

p < 0.001

η² = 0.649

p = 0.927

η² = 0.003

LL-RT

19

1.3 (0.4)

1.3 (0.5)

HL-RT

21

1.3 (0.4)

1.2 (0.4)