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Fig. 9 | Molecular Medicine

Fig. 9

From: Effectiveness of high cardiorespiratory fitness in cardiometabolic protection in prediabetic rats

Fig. 9

The correlation between running distance at week 12 and week 28 (a), Running distance values (b), The correlations between CRF level at baseline (week 12) versus anthropometry and metabolic parameters at follow-up (week 28) within each group of rats (c), The correlations between CRF level at baseline (week 12) and cardiac parameters at follow-up (week 28) within each group of rats (d), TUNEL assay representative of cardiac apoptosis between high-CRF level and low-CRF level rats in each group (e). CRF was reported as running distance. n = 5–6 per group. Data are reported as mean. *p < 0.05. ND: Normal diet; PDM: Prediabetes with no intervention; PDMCR-SM: Prediabetes with short-term caloric restriction followed by weight maintenance; PDMCR-L: Prediabetes with long-term caloric restriction; PDMEX-SM: Prediabetes with short-term exercise followed by weight maintenance; PDMEX-L: Prediabetes with long-term exercise

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