Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS3) +894 G>T Associates with Physical Activity and Muscle Performance among Young Adults

Table 3

Change (𝑋±SEM) in dynamic muscle strength pre- to post-RT among the total sample and by gender and NOS3 +894 G>T and −786 T>C genotypes.

	NOS3 +894 G>T					NOS3 −786 T>C
	Total Sample	Men		Women		Total Sample	Men		Women
		GG/GT	TT	GG/GT	TT		TT/TC	CC	TT/TC	CC
N	601	217	21	331	32	243	95	14	120	14
Pre-RT (kg)	9.0 ± 0.2	12.4 ± 0.2	11.2 ± 0.6	6.4 ± 0.1	5.8 ± 0.3	9.1 ± 0.3	12.3 ± 0.2	12.6 ± 0.7	6.1 ± 0.1	6.5 ± 0.3
Absolute change (kg)	4.1 ± 0.1	4.6 ± 0.1	3.9 ± 0.5	3.7 ± 0.9	4.4 ± 0.3 ^#	3.8 ± 0.2	4.2 ± 0.2	4.5 ± 0.5	3.6 ± 0.1	3.5 ± 0.4
Relative change (%)	54.7 ± 2.2	39.5 ± 1.4	37.4 ± 4.6	62.4 ± 1.9	79.3 ± 6.1 ^#	49.1 ± 2.7	37.0 ± 1.7	37.5 ± 5.0	62.3 ± 2.7	57.4 ± 8.3

Covariates included age and body mass index with gender and NOS3 genotype as fixed factors.
^#P ≤ 0.01, NOS3 +894 TT versus GG/GT (bolded).