Research Article
Counting Footsteps with a Pedometer to Improve HMW Adiponectin and Metabolic Syndrome among Young Female Adults in the United Arab Emirates
Table 1
Changes in the anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, and biochemical measurements of participants before and after intervention (
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| | Variables | Before intervention (baseline) | After intervention (after 9 weeks) | value |
| | Weight (kg) | 70.6 ± 15.6 | 69.9 ± 15.2 | 0.002 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.5 ± 5.6 | 27.2 ± 5.49 | 0.002 | | Body fat mass (kg) | 29.13 ± 11.9 | 28.08 ± 11.82 | 0.001 | | Visceral fat area (cm2) | 98.15 ± 32.3 | 94.94 ± 29.3 | 0.007 | | Fat-free mass (kg) | 41.7 ± 4.7 | 42.2 ± 5.4 | 0.117 | | Percentage of body fat (%) | 39.8 ± 7.79 | 38.7 ± 8.23 | 0.011 | | Waist-hip ratio | 0.907 ± 0.06 | 0.901 ± 0.06 | 0.025 | | Waist circumference (cm) | 80.9 ± 13.68 | 79.55 ± 12.43 | 0.007 | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 113.79 ± 7.24 | 114.4 ± 4.71 | 0.57 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 75.38 ± 5.76 | 74.9 ± 2.11 | 0.60 | | Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 122.17 ± 23.21 | 118.69 ± 28.54 | 0.30 | | Triglycerides (mg/dl) | 64.29 ± 25.0 | 60.48 ± 26.40 | 0.09 | | High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl) | 45.5 ± 8.22 | 47.43 ± 12.07 | 0.25 | | Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl) | 63.80 ± 18.04 | 59.17 ± 18.61 | 0.01 | | High-molecular-weight adiponectin (µg/ml) | 4.08 ± 0.55 | 4.15 ± 0.53 | 0.03 | | Glucose (mg/dl) | 72.62 ± 8.81 | 72.88 ± 10.84 | 0.85 | | Insulin (µU/l) | 20.09 ± 8.50 | 18.40 ± 8.47 | 0.24 | | HOMA-IR | 3.64 ± 1.70 | 3.47 ± 2.05 | 0.55 |
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