The Acute and Residual Effect of a Single Exercise Session on Meal Glucose Tolerance in Sedentary Young Adults
Table 1
Participant characteristics.
Study 1
Study 2
Age, y
24 ± 4
26 ± 3
Body mass, kg
72.9 ± 3.9
65.8 ± 9.0
Height, m
1.70 ± 0.09
1.70 ± 0.10
BMI, kg/m2
25.0 ± 1.1
22.8 ± 0.9
Body fat, kg
24.2 ± 11.4
19.3 ± 3.7
Body fat, %
32.4 ± 2.0
29.8 ± 6.5
Lean mass, kg
45.3 ± 8.1
43.6 ± 8.7
Peak bike power, watts
n/a
145 ± 43
Peak VO2, mL/kg/min
n/a
26.4 ± 5.9
Peak heart rate, beats/min
n/a
179 ± 15
Total cholesterol, mmol/L
3.98 ± 0.99
4.03 ± 0.90
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L
1.21 ± 0.37
1.11 ± 0.33
Triglycerides, mmol/L
0.74 ± 0.39
0.89 ± 0.31
C-reactive protein, nmol/L
18.4 ± 19.9
11.0 ± 5.2
Glucose, mmol/L
4.7 ± 0.2
4.8 ± 0.5
Insulin, pmol/L
41 ± 28
41 ± 27
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg
109 ± 9
112 ± 10
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg
68 ± 8
62 ± 7
Values are mean ± SD for 14 females and 4 males in Study 1 and 7 females and 5 males in Study 2. Body composition determined by DEXA. Peak exercise responses were measured in Study 2 during a bicycle test to volitional exhaustion (not performed in Study 1). Blood test results are from a fasting sample collected during the first meal test in Study 1 and the No Ex trial in Study 2.
