Abstract:
Introduction: Adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (A-FABP)
is a plasma biomarker recently associated with obesity
related diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Exercise training
may effective to improved type 2 diabetes by decreases AFABP
concentrations; therefore the aim of this study was to
investigate A-FABP concentrations in middle-aged men after
8 weeks combined resistance and endurance training.
Material & Methods: Twenty two sedentary obese middleaged
men (aged: 46.7±2.4 years and body mass index (BMI):
32.6±2.0 kg/m2; ±SD) volunteered to participate in this
study. The subjects were randomly assigned to training group
(n = 11 ) or control group (n = 11 ). The training group was
performed combined resistance and endurance training 3 days
a week for 8 weeks.
Results: The results showed that the body weight, body mass
index and body fat percent were decreased in the training
group compared to the control group (P<0.05). After 8
weeks, the training group resulted in a significant decrease
(P<0.05) in the A-FABP and fasting glucose, fasting insulin
and insulin resistance in compared with the control group.
Conclusions: The results suggest combined resistance and
endurance training decreases A-FABP concentrations and
enhanced insulin resistance in obese middle-aged men.
Machine summary:
Effects of 8 weeks combined resistance and endurance training on A-FABP in obese middle age men Ehsan Bahrami Abdehgah 1*, Najmeh Abdollahpur 1, Fariba Hosseini 2 Received: 4 September 2016/ Accepted: 2 November 2016 (1) MS in exercise physiology, The General Education Department of Kish, Iran (2) MS in exercise physiology, The General Education Department of kohgiluyeh and boyer-ahmad Province, Iran (*) MS in Exercise Physiology, The General Education Department of Kish, Iran E-mail: ehsan.
com Abstract Introduction: Adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (A-FABP) is a plasma biomarker recently associated with obesity related diseases such as type 2 diabetes.
Exercise training may effective to improved type 2 diabetes by decreases A- FABP concentrations; therefore the aim of this study was to investigate A-FABP concentrations in middle-aged men after8 weeks combined resistance and endurance training.
Results: The results showed that the body weight, body mass index and body fat percent were decreased in the training group compared to the control group (P Key words : Combined training, A-FABP, Obesity, Insulin resistance 1.
We hypothesized that exercise training would reduce the body fat mass and insulin resistance and decrease A-FABP concentrations; therefore, we investigated the effects of 8 weeks combined resistance and endurance training on A-FABP in obese middle-aged men.
Anthropometric and body composition characteristics (mean ± SD) of the subjects (View the image of this page) a P b P Changes in biochemical variables Results showed that A-FABP levels, fasting glucose and insulin and insulin resistance determined by HOMA-IR decreased (P 8.