Table 2

Serum lipids and apolipoproteins before and after six week programme of dietary control, with or without exercise training

TrainingNon-training
BeforeAfterChange (after − before)BeforeAfterChange (after − before)
Results expressed as mean (SD).
TC, total cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG, triglyceride; Apo A1, apolipoprotein A1; ApoB, apolipoprotein B.
*p<0.05 compared with before; **p<0.05 for comparison between changes in the two groups.
Number 41 (27/14) 41 (27/14)
TC (mmol/l) 4.8 (0.7) 4.5 (0.8)*−0.3 (0.5) 4.8 (0.9) 4.5 (0.8)*−0.3 (0.5)
TG (mmol/l) 1.2 (0.5) 1.5 (0.7) 0.3 (0.6) 1.2 (0.5) 1.2 (0.6) 0.1 (0.5)
HDL-C (mmon/l) 1.3 (0.3) 1.2 (0.3)−0.1 (0.2) 1.3 (0.3) 1.2 (0.2)*−0.1 (0.2)
LDL-C (mmon/l) 2.9 (0.8) 2.6 (0.8)*−0.4 (0.5) 2.9 (0.8) 2.7 (0.7)−0.2 (0.5)
TC:HDL 3.9 (1.1) 3.8 (0.9)−0.1 (0.4) 3.8 (0.9) 3.9 (1.0) 0.1 (0.4)
TG:HDL 1.0 (0.5) 1.3 (0.8)* 0.3 (0.6) 0.9 (0.6) 1.1 (0.7) 0.2 (0.4)
LDL:HDL 2.4 (0.9) 2.2 (0.8)*−0.2 (0.4) 2.3 (0.8) 2.4 (0.8) 0.4 (0.4)**
Apo A1 (mg/dl)130.6 (19.4)128.2 (20.3)−2.4 (12.6)131.4 (19.8)126.4 (17.4)−4.9 (14.2)
Apo B (mg/dl) 81.6 (20.1) 80.5 (19.7)−1.1 (10.1) 78.4 (19.2) 80.2 (19.5) 1.9 (10.2)