Research Article
Impact of Lifestyle Intervention on HDL-Induced eNOS Activation and Cholesterol Efflux Capacity in Obese Adolescent
Table 1
Baseline characteristics and effects of the interventional program.
| | Usual care group () | Intervention group () | value baseline | value intervention | | Baseline | 10 mo | Baseline | 10 mo |
| Anthropometry | | | | | | | Age (yrs) | | — | | — | 0.88 | — | Weight (kg) | | | | | 0.88 | <0.001 | Weight, SDS | | | | | 0.88 | <0.001 | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | | 0.72 | <0.001 | BMI, SDS | | | | | 0.72 | <0.001 | Body fat (%) | | | | | 0.90 | <0.001 | Lean body mass (kg) | | | | | 0.57 | 0.065 | Fat free mass (kg) | | | | | 0.51 | 0.03 | Laboratory parameters | | | | | | | hsCRP (mg/L) | | | | | 0.51 | 0.57 | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | | | | | 0.28 | 0.015 | Cholesterol (mg/dL) | | | | | 0.51 | 0.083 | HDL (mg/dL) | | | | | 0.96 | 0.21 | LDL (mg/dL) | | | | | 0.442 | 0.01 | Blood pressure/endothelial function | | | | | | | systolic (mm Hg) | | | | | 0.38 | 0.015 | Diastolic (mm Hg) | | | | | 0.51 | 0.13 | Pulse wave velocity (m/s) | | | | | 0.88 | 0.021 | Max. dilation (AU) | | | | | 0.69 | 0.072 | Exercise/endothelial function | | | | | | | /FFM (mL/min/kg) | | | | | 0.28 | 0.002 | Max. load (watt) | | | | | 0.65 | 0.002 |
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