Table 1. Comparison of characteristics of subjects classified by fitness level. |
| Continuous variables |
|
|
|
|
Fitness level |
|
|
|
All subject
(M=52, F=32) |
Low
(M=18, F=9) |
Moderate
(M=17, F=12) |
High
(M=17, F=11) |
|
| Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
p |
| Age (yrs) |
50.9 |
10.7 |
47.4 |
11.5 |
53.6 |
10.4 |
51.4 |
9.6 |
N.S. |
| BMI (kg·m-2) |
25.1 |
4.1 |
27.7 |
4.4 |
24.8 |
3.2 |
22.9 |
3.2 |
< .001 |
| Waist girth (cm) |
88.4 |
10.1 |
94.3 |
10.8 |
88.0 |
7.5 |
83.0 |
8.8 |
< .001 |
| Daily ethanol intake (g) |
3.0 |
5.2 |
1.7 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
5.5 |
3.4 |
6.1 |
N.S. |
| Type 2 DM (%) |
60.0 (71.4) |
20.0 (74.1) |
21.0 (72.4) |
19.0 (67.9) |
|
| Current smoking (%) |
26.0 (31.0) |
10.0 (37.0) |
6.0 (20.7) |
10.0 (35.7) |
N.S. |
| Visceral fat area (cm2) |
160.4 |
63.2 |
197.6 |
70.4 |
155.2 |
44.9 |
129.8 |
55.2 |
< .001 |
| Subcutaneous fat area (cm2) |
172.1 |
86.0 |
202.1 |
104.1 |
165.7 |
78.6 |
149.8 |
66.7 |
N.S. |
| L / S ratio † |
1.03 |
0.26 |
0.90 |
0.28 |
1.09 |
0.17 |
1.08 |
0.26 |
< .005 |
| AST (U/L) |
26.3 |
12.5 |
33.9 |
14.3 |
22.6 |
8.9 |
22.8 |
10.6 |
< .001 |
| ALT (U/L) |
38.8 |
31.0 |
57.6 |
39.3 |
29.3 |
17.3 |
30.5 |
25.3 |
< .001 |
| GGT (U/L) |
43.7 |
26.8 |
53.0 |
31.9 |
42.2 |
25.7 |
36.3 |
19.7 |
N.S. |
| VO2max (ml·kg-1·min-1) |
32.1 |
5.7 |
27.5 |
3.8 |
31.1 |
3.0 |
37.5 |
4.9 |
< .001 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) |
217.6 |
35.9 |
211.0 |
39.1 |
226.6 |
31.2 |
214.7 |
36.8 |
N.S. |
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) |
134.4 |
78.3 |
140.1 |
77.8 |
127.9 |
67.2 |
135.5 |
90.8 |
N.S. |
| HDL-C (mg/dL) |
51.4 |
12.5 |
47.1 |
11.0 |
55.3 |
14.9 |
51.6 |
10.1 |
N.S. |
| Fasting glucose (mg/dL) |
136.1 |
33.5 |
136.3 |
41.8 |
140.9 |
32.8 |
131.0 |
24.3 |
N.S. |
| Fasting insulin (µU/mL) |
7.4 |
4.7 |
10.3 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
3.3 |
5.6 |
3.3 |
< .001 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
127 |
17 |
133 |
16 |
124 |
18 |
124 |
17 |
N.S. |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
80 |
11 |
84 |
11 |
79 |
11 |
76 |
9 |
< .05 |
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bbreviations are denoted in text. Data are expressed as means±S.D. or number of patients. The percentage in each group is shown in parenthesis. One-way ANOVA or Chi-square test was performed for statistical analysis. N.S. not significant |
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