Time Course of Improvement of Metabolic Parameters after a 12 Week Physical Exercise Programme in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: The Influence of Gender in a Nigerian Population

Table 3

First significant changes in metabolic parameters by gender (reassessment values compared with baseline).

	Second week	Forth week	Sixth week	Eighth week	Tenth week	Twelfth week
Sex
Male (𝑛=8)	Fasting glucose; 𝑡=8.059; 𝑃=0.0001	Triglycerides; 𝑡=8.327; 𝑃=0.002; Waist; circumference; 𝑡=13.869; 𝑃=0.01				Systolic blood pressure; 𝑡=5.874; 𝑃=0.03
Female (𝑛=21)		Fasting glucose; 𝑡=13.007; 𝑃=0.01	Triglycerides; 𝑡=5.549; 𝑃=0.002		Waist circumference; 𝑡=5.492; 𝑃=0.001