The Response of Circulating Leptin Levels to Exercise Stress Testing in Subjects Diagnosed with Metabolic Syndrome
Table 2
Main characteristics of the subjects.
Variables
Values
Number
67
Females (%)
62.68 (42)
Age (yr.)
55 ± 7
Fasting blood sugar (FBS) (mg/dL)
111 ± 48
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
195 ± 57
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
117 ± 40
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
45 ± 14
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
117 ± 40
BMI* (kg/m2)
30.66 ± 4.3
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
186 ± 28.16
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
91.15 ± 7.79
WATTs
103.81 ± 29.29
5.458 ± 1.43
Maximal heart rate in effort (beats/minutes)
128.933 ± 21.97
Heart rate (beats/minutes)
78.271 ± 11.85
Leptin at rest (ng/mL)
9.42 ± 11.08
Leptin after effort stress testing (ng/mL)
8.18 ± 11.5
Body mass index; **1 MET: 1 metabolic equivalent (MET) is a unit of sitting/resting oxygen uptake (≈3.5 mL of O2 per kilogram of body weight per minute mL·kg−1·min−1); maximal heart rate for men = 220 − age (years); maximal heart rate for women = 210 − age (years).