TABLE 1

FROM:

The Effect of Low-Intensity Exercise Training on Fat Metabolism of Obese Women

Dorien P. van Aggel-Leijssen, Wim H. Saris, Anton J. Wagenmakers, Gabby B. Hul and Marleen A. van Baak

Table 1. Subject characteristics before and after the intervention period in the LB (n = 8), UB (n = 7), and UB-C (n = 6) groups

	LB		UB		UB-C
	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Age (years)	32.8 9.6		37.7 6.4		42.5 6.4
Body weight (kg)	91.2 9.7	91.2 9.3	86.5 10.2	87.1 10.1	94.7 14.0	94.5 14.5
BMI (kg/m2)	32.8 3.9	32.9 3.6	32.1 2.9	32.4 3.0	33.3 3.8	33.1 3.9
Body fat (%)	45.0 4.4	45.9 4.3	42.6 3.1	42.8 2.4	44.4 3.0	44.9 3.2
WHR	0.75 0.03	0.75 0.04	0.89 0.04†	0.89 0.05	0.90 0.03	0.88 0.03
Fat-free mass (kg)	50.0 2.4	49.5 2.7	49.4 3.7	49.6 3.8	52.5 6.1	51.8 5.8
VO2max (ml/min)	2251 253	2536 162* ‡	2126 168	2188 291	1913 460	1966 359
VO2max/Fat-free mass (ml/kg per minute)	45.1 5.1	51.3 3.8* ‡	43.2 4.0	44.0 3.1	36.7 8.6	37.4 6.3

 Values are expressed as means SD.

^* Significantly different from before (p <0.05).

^† Significantly different from LB before (p <0.01).

^‡ Change significantly different from UB (p <0.05).