Acute Strenuous Exercise Induces an Imbalance on Histone H4 Acetylation/Histone Deacetylase 2 and Increases the Proinflammatory Profile of PBMC of Obese Individuals

Table 3

Systemic biomarkers in lean and obese individuals at rest and after strenuous exercise.

	Time point	Lean	Obese
WBC (10^3/mm^3)	Rest	6.45 ± 1.50	6.58 ± 2.59
	Exercise	8.32 ± 2.42^a	8.61 ± 3.21^a
Cortisol (μg/dL)	Rest	19.61 ± 4.05	31.02 ± 4.07^b
	Exercise	22.91 ± 4.51^a	36.66 ± 2.38^a,b
Leptin (pg/mL)	Rest	22.15 ± 7.90	57.58 ± 14.33^b
	Exercise	22.97 ± 8.45	57.08 ± 11.26^b
TBARS (nmol/mL)	Rest	1.65 ± 0.52	1.72 ± 0.37
	Exercise	2.45 ± 0.59^a	2.67 ± 0.48^a
Protein carbonyl (nmol/mg protein)	Rest	1.25 ± 0.39	1.44 ± 0.43
	Exercise	1.67 ± 0.27^a	1.98 ± 0.36^a,b
Total thiol (μmol/mL)	Rest	1.13 ± 0.21	1.18 ± 0.17
	Exercise	0.83 ± 0.19^a	0.78 ± 0.26^a

Data presented as mean ± SD. ^aStatistical difference compared to rest values (). ^bStatistical difference between groups ().