Strength Training and Insulin Resistance: The Mediating Role of Body Composition

Table 2

Mean differences in HOMA and amount of strength training between U.S. men and women after adjusting for covariates ().

	Men; ()	Women; ()
	HOMA-IR					35.6	<0.0001
ST sessions per month			26.2	<0.0001
ST min. per month			51.2	<0.0001
ST sessions per month			1.1	0.2900
ST min. per month			34.7	<0.0001
HOMA-IR			7.4	0.0088

The sample was delimited to individuals reporting more than 10 minutes of strength training per week. Men: , women: . SE: standard error; HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance. ST sessions per month: number of strength training sessions reported each month. ST min. per month: minutes of strength training reported each month. Means have been adjusted for the covariates: age, race, and year of assessment. The and values are based on 59 degrees of freedom.