Research Article
High-Intensity Exercise Reduces Cardiac Fibrosis and Hypertrophy but Does Not Restore the Nitroso-Redox Imbalance in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
Table 1
Body weight and plasma glucose.
| Parameters | Control | Diabetic | Diabetic + exercise | value |
| Baseline body weight, g | 307.5 ± 7.5 | 333.0 ± 8.6 | 335.0 ± 10.6 | 0.1258 | Final body weight, g | 452.5 ± 19.3 | 318.0 ± 6.2† | 298.0 ± 26.1† | 0.0004 | Baseline plasma glucose (mg/dL) | 87.0 ± 8.7 | 78.0 ± 2.0 | 100.6 ± 4.5 | 0.0501 | Plasma glucose at the beginning of training (mg/dL) | 78.7 ± 3.5 | 573.5 ± 44.1† | 516.6 ± 72.7† | <0.0001 | Plasma glucose at the end of training (mg/dL) | 108.4 ± 5.8 | 587.9 ± 15.9† | 476.7 ± 42.6†† | <0.0001 |
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† versus control; †† versus diabetic.
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