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.

ParametersControlDiabeticDiabetic + exercise value

Baseline body weight, g307.5 ± 7.5333.0 ± 8.6335.0 ± 10.60.1258
Final body weight, g452.5 ± 19.3318.0 ± 6.2298.0 ± 26.10.0004
Baseline plasma glucose (mg/dL)87.0 ± 8.778.0 ± 2.0100.6 ± 4.50.0501
Plasma glucose at the beginning of training (mg/dL)78.7 ± 3.5573.5 ± 44.1516.6 ± 72.7<0.0001
Plasma glucose at the end of training (mg/dL)108.4 ± 5.8587.9 ± 15.9476.7 ± 42.6††<0.0001

versus control; †† versus diabetic.