Effects of 2 or 5 consecutive exercise days on adipocyte area and lipid parameters in Wistar rats

Table 2 Lipid parameters in normal cholesterol chow diet and cholesterol-rich diet rats submitted to continuous moderate training (5 or 2 consecutive days/week) during 8 weeks

Tissue/Group	Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)	Triglycerides (mg/dl)	HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)
C	62.17 ± 3.07	122.67 ± 15.09	18.67 ± 1.76
TC5	60.62 ± 3.11	127.00 ± 11.97	22.87 ± 1.27
TC2	66.12 ± 1.75	145.83 ± 4.70	23.57 ± 1.17
H	108.70 ± 5.22 °	177.83 ± 15.78 °	20.00 ± 1.26
TH5	78.00 ± 3.60 *	117.00 ± 12.40 *	24.85 ± 1.84
TH2	86.00 ± 4.43 *°	105.25 ± 4.99 * °	24.42 ± 1.28

* p ≤ 0.05 comparing trained × sedentary groups; +p ≤ 0.05 comparing 5 × 2 days/week exercised groups; ° p ≤ 0.05 comparing normal cholesterol chow diet × cholesterol-rich diet groups. Sedentary control (C) and cholesterol-rich diet group (H); 5 and 2× per week continuous training control (TC5) (TC2); 5 and 2× per week continuous training cholesterol-rich diet group (TH5) (TH2).

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