Table 3 Biochemical, metabolic and inflammatory parameters for the low and high fitness groups

Gender M/F

11/11

9/9

ns

Age (Years)

39 ± 14

29 ± 11

0.017

Weight (Kg)

87.96 ± 22.69

71.96 ± 10.54

0.009

BMI (kg/m²)

28.95 ± 7.23

23.54 ± 3.16

0.005

Percentage body fat (%)

34.31 ± 14.12

19.96 ± 8.05

0.001

VO_2MAX (ml/min/kg)

28.5 ± 7.4

54.4 ± 7.0

<0.001

C Peptide (ng/ml)

4.58 ± 3.3

2.31 ± 1.90

0.114

Insulin (μIU/ml)

14.74 ± 9.36

7.86 ± 5.23

0.072

Glucose (mmol/l)

5.62 ± 1.04

5.54 ± 0.46

0.837

Cholesterol (mmol/l)

4.97 ± 0.99

4.61 ± 1.09

0.285

HDL Cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.40 ± 0.43

1.42 ± 0.37

0.893

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.31 ± 0.60

1.01 ± 0.36

0.067

HOMA-IR

3.94 ± 2.51

1.80 ± 1.33

0.040

TNFα (pg/ml)

5.55 ± 3.31

6.11 ± 5.36

0.693

IL6 (pg/ml)

2.29 ± 2.55

1.10 ± 0.40

0.094