Table 1. Participant baseline characteristics from eligibility screening. Data are means (±SD).

	HIFT1 (n=4)	HIFT2 (n=8)	HIFT3 (n=9)	p-value
M/F, n (%)	3 (75%), 1 (25%)	5 (63%), 3 (37%)	3 (33%), 6 (67%)	-
Age (yrs)	55.3 (7.7)	51.1 (11.6)	56.3 (9.6)	0.646
BMI (kg/m2)	32.7 (6.2)	29.8 (5.7)	31.6 (6.0)	0.589
VO2max (mL/kg/min)	30.6 (2.0)	31.2 (8.6)	25.8 (4.5)	0.202
WC (cm)	112.5 (9.0)	109.7 (17.6)	111.5 (17.3)	0.831
SBP (mmHg)	132.0 (10.7)	134.4 (17.4)	144.1 (12.3)	0.207
DBP (mmHg)	88.5 (9.0)	93.4 (10.9)	100.0 (10.1)	0.090
TG (mg/dL)	143.3 (60.0)	166.8 (58.3)	175.7 (78.1)	0.568
HDL-C (mg/dL)	40.5 (19.4)	54.6 (22.8)	44.7 (19.4)	0.562
GLU (mg/dL)	106.0 (20.8)	99.8 (6.1)	103.2 (14.9)	0.922
LDL-C (mg/dL)	143.0 (45.3)	112.0 (37.1)	144.4 (42.0)	0.196
Non-HDL-C (mg/dL)	171.8 (50.2)	145.6 (36.1)	179.8 (44.2)	0.105
TG/HDL-C Ratio	5.2 (5.5)	3.9 (2.6)	5.3 (4.0)	0.884

Maximum oxygen consumption (VO_2max). Waist circumference (WC). Systolic blood pressure (SBP). Diastolic blood pressure (DBP). Triglyceride (TG). High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Blood glucose (GLU). Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C).