Research Article

PPARα Gene Is Involved in Body Composition Variation in Response to an Aerobic Training Program in Overweight/Obese

Table 3

Comparison between effect of training on aerobic capacity and body composition of people with allele C versus A.

VariablesCC ()CA+AA ()
BaselineAfterBaselineAfter

VO2max (mL kg-1)
Weight (kg)
BMI (kg/m2)
LM (kg)
FM (kg)
%FM (%)
WC (cm)
Abdomen (cm)
HC (cm)

Data are . BMI: body mass index; LM: lean mass; FM: fat mass; %FM: fat mass percentage; WC: waist circumference; HC: hip circumference. Intragroup differences vs. baseline (pairwise Student’s -test) (). Differences in interaction were not found (two-way ANOVA) ().