Limited Effects of Endurance or Interval Training on Visceral Adipose Tissue and Systemic Inflammation in Sedentary Middle-Aged Men

Table 1

Baseline subject characteristics.

Measure	ET	P-SIT	A-SIT	CON
Age (y)	51.1 ± 5.7	47.2 ± 5.1	49.1 ± 5.3	51.2 ± 7
Height (cm)	177.3 ± 4.4	177.9 ± 8.3	177.0 ± 8.9	176.5 ± 6.3
BMI (kg⋅m^2)	30.6 ± 3.4	29.7 ± 4.1	29.7 ± 4.0	28.7 ± 3.6
Waist (cm)	104 ± 9	102 ± 11	100 ± 12	96 ± 9
WHR	1.00 ± 0.06	0.96 ± 0.05	0.97 ± 0.06	0.96 ± 0.06
Total chol. (mmol⋅L^−1)	5.6 ± 1.3	5.6 ± 0.8	5.2 ± 1.2	5.8 ± 1.0
LDL chol. (mmol⋅L^−1)	3.7 ± 1.2	3.7 ± 0.7	3.6 ± 0.9	3.8 ± 1.0
HDL chol. (mmol⋅L^−1)	1.1 ± 0.2	1.1 ± 0.4	1.1 ± 0.3	1.2 ± 0.3
CHR	5.5 ± 1.6	5.7 ± 1.8	4.9 ± 1.5	5.1 ± 1.5
Triglycerides (mmol⋅L^−1)	1.9 ± 1.1	1.8 ± 0.8	1.2 ± 0.7	1.7 ± 1.0
Glucose (mmol⋅L^−1)	5.8 ± 0.4	5.7 ± 0.5	5.8 ± 0.6	5.4 ± 0.5
SBP (mmHg)	135 ± 12	131 ± 12	136 ± 13	138 ± 15
DBP (mmHg)	86 ± 10	81 ± 9	87 ± 10	92 ± 14

Data are mean ± standard deviation. ET: endurance training condition (); P-SIT: passive sprint-interval training condition (); A-SIT: active sprint-interval training condition (); CON: nonexercising control condition (). BMI: body mass index; WHR: waist to hip ratio; chol: cholesterol; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; CHR: cholesterol hazard ratio; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure. One-way ANOVA comparisons showed no differences between conditions for baseline measures ().