Preceding exercise and postprandial hypertriglyceridemia: effects on lymphocyte cell DNA damage and vascular inflammation

Table 1 Effects of exercise and the high fat test meal on additional comet assay parameters over time (mean ± SD, n 12)

	Trial	Baseline	Post	2 h Post-HFM	4 h Post-HFM	6 h Post-HFM
% Head DNA	Exercise	81.61 ± 12.9	82.15 ± 10	78.48 ± 14	82.26 ± 8.3	79.60 ± 12.5
% Head DNA	Control	82.67 ± 10.65	80.20 ± 10.98	80.83 ± 5.29	79.17 ± 6.78	83.65 ± 6.09
Tail length	Exercise	345 ± 110	340 ± 132	386 ± 141	350 ± 108	369 ± 119
Tail length	Control	361 ± 118	387 ± 119	397 ± 109	397 ± 135	341 ± 80
Tail moment	Exercise	22.14 ± 6	20.92 ± 6.92	26.77 ± 8.09^*#	26.69 ± 8.47^*#	25.66 ± 8.78
Tail moment	Control	22.76 ± 8.62	25.71 ± 8.79	28.87 ± 7.18^*#	29.34 ± 8.83^*#	23.70 ± 8.79

Main effect for time for tail moment at 2 h and 4 h versus baseline (^*) and post (^#) (p < 0.05; pooled exercise and control data)

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