Strength Training Reduces Fat Accumulation and Improves Blood Lipid Profile Even in the Absence of Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Condition

Table 2

Adiposity, comorbidities, and hormonal parameters.

	Groups
	CS	ObS	CT	ObT
Initial body weight (g)	447.13 ± 34.12	555.13 ± 35.10^a	465.37 ± 35.97	549.39 ± 39.50^d
Final body weight (g)^†	477.97 ± 36.76	654.31 ± 50.34^a	471.85 ± 44.94	590.33 ± 46.65^c,d
Body weight gain (g)	30.84 ± 22.80	99.19 ± 21.37^a	6.48 ± 18.04^b	40.94 ± 27.08^c,d
Body fat (g)^†	27.75 ± 5.01	68.2 ± 13.50^a	27.30 ± 2.10	52.78 ± 12.66^c,d
Adiposity index (%)	5.79 ± 0.86	10.35 ± 1.46^a	5.83 ± 0.73	8.87 ± 1.71^c,d
Leptin (ng/mL)	5.57 ± 2.98	20.48 ± 4.35^a	4.77 ± 2.36	13.24 ± 7.23^c,d
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	66.45 ± 9.10	55.86 ± 13.18^a	64.05 ± 9.68	55.00 ± 8.39
HDL (mg/dL)	23.30 ± 3.05	22.86 ± 6.30	24.70 ± 3.16	24.06 ± 3.87
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	22.05 ± 5.99	30.36 ± 6.90^a	19.60 ± 3.09	23.06 ± 9.50^c

Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation. CS = sedentary control (n = 10); CT = control submitted to the strength training protocol (n = 10); ObS = sedentary obese (n = 7); ObT = obesity submitted to strength training protocol (n = 9); ^† =  data presented in median ± interquartile range. Number of animals submitted to leptin analysis: CS (n = 9); CT (n = 9); ObS (n = 7); ObT (n = 8). : ^aObS vs. CT; ^bCT vs. CS; ^cObT vs. ObS; ^dObT vs. CT.