characteristics

Participants	Normal weight		Overweight		Obese
Participants	Sedentary	Trained	Sedentary	Trained	Sedentary	Trained
Subjects characteristics
Age, years	34 ± 7	-----	32 ± 6	-----	33 ± 7	-----
Height, m	1.64 ± 0.07	-----	1.64 ± 0.08	-----	1.65 ± 0.06	-----
Weight, kg	63 ± 6	62 ± 5	75 ± 7^a	74 ± 6	100 ± 8^ab	96 ± 7
BMI, kg/m²	22.9 ± 2.4	22.7 ± 2.2	27.9 ± 2.9^a	27.5 ± 2.7	37.3 ± 3.7^ab	36.5 ± 3.6
Fat mass, %	24.4 ± 1.8	24.3 ± 1.9	34.4 ± 3.3^a	33.3 ± 2.2	43.2 ± 3.9^ab	41.4 ± 2.9
Hemodynamic values
Heart Rate, bpm	72 ± 12	69 ± 9	69 ± 7	67 ± 8	74 ± 7	67 ± 6c
Systolic AP, mmHg	107 ± 7	103 ± 8	117 ± 6^a	111 ± 9	121 ± 6^a	118 ± 7
Diastolic AP, mmHg	71 ± 6	69 ± 6	81 ± 5 ^a	76 ± 8	82 ± 7 ^a	78 ± 8
Mean AP, mmHg	85 ± 6	83 ± 7	95 ± 5 ^a	90 ± 8	98 ± 6 ^a	94 ± 7
Metabolic values
VO_2peak, mL.kg^-1.min^-1	30.2 ± 2.9	33.4 ± 3.0^a	28.2 ± 2.1	31.7 ± 2.^b	22.4 ± 2.9^ab	26.0 ± 2.8^c
Total Cholesterol, mg/dL	189 ± 19	179 ± 12	209 ± 38	204 ± 30	209 ± 16	202 ± 26
HDL, mg/dL	51 ± 8	49 ± 7	48 ± 11	50 ± 9	43 ± 7	46 ± 7
LDL, mg/dL	103 ± 9	101 ± 10	111 ± 14	109 ± 13	112 ± 8	111 ± 16
Triglycerides, mg/dL	107 ± 21	105 ± 9	114 ± 14	109 ± 17	124 ± 37	108 ± 25
Glucose, mg/dL	84 ± 6	82 ± 5	94 ± 7	92 ± 6	94 ± 8	91 ± 6

Table 1: Clinical characteristics of study participants before and after physical training. All values were expressed as mean ± SD. ^aP<0.05 vs. NW sedentary; ^bP<0.05 vs. OW sedentary; and ^cP<0.05 vs. OB sedentary.