Table 1 Median (25th–75th percentile) group values for OGTT outcomes and biochemical analyses performed on participants at HDT-2, HDT 9 and HDT 13.

From: Exercise attenuates bed rest-induced increases in insulin resistance while α-klotho increases in 55 to 65 year-old women and men

Factor

HDT-2

HDT 9

HDT 13 (OGTT)

HDT 15 (FGF-23/α-klotho)

 Glucose AUC (α ††)

CONT

213 (193–318)

419 (313–549)

560 (308–721)

EX

319 (182–394)

340 (241–374)

329 (256–391)

 Insulin AUC (α ††)

CONT

35,076 (25,331–42,734)

44,854 (37,490–54,126)

48,717 (37,673–59,360)

EX

43,067 (38,438–60,588)

41,634 (37,089–63,597)

46,713 (40,666–67,341)

 HOMA-IR

CONT

0.76 (0.54–1.20)

0.87 (0.65–1.34)

1.0 (0.78–1.14)

EX

1.43 (1.18–1.94)

1.03 (0.97–1.85)

1.38 (1.10–1.99)

 QUICKI (β †)

CONT

0.40 (0.38–0.44)

0.41 (0.38–0.43)

0.40 (0.39–0.41)

EX

0.37 (0.36–0.39)

0.39 (0.36–0.40)

0.38 (0.36–0.39)

 ISI(0,120) (α †)

CONT

36.7 (32.2–41.3)

31.3 (26.9–35.7)

28.3 (23.7–32.9)

EX

31.0 (26.6–35.4)

30.0 (25.7–34.4)

26.5 (21.7–31.2)

 Matsuda Index (γ †)

CONT

9.58 (7.08–12.90)

8.13 (5.70–12.20)

6.93 (6.10–9.54) (A ††)

EX

5.69 (4.90–7.11)

7.46 (4.31–8.45)

6.15 (3.95–7.93)

 BIGTT-AIR

CONT

2653 (1583–3181)

2293 (1797–3497)

2152 (1720–3531)

EX

2797 (2479–3363)

2625 (2080–3382)

2576 (1659–2948)

 Intact FGF-23, pg/ml (γ ††)

CONT

32.9 (24.6–45.2)

29.6 (21.4–39.4)

26.7 (25.5–35.9)

EX

27.9 (27.0–41.5)

41.3 (37.4–49.2) (A ††, B †)

41.7 (32.8–47.9) (A †††)

 Soluble α-klotho, pg/ml (α ††††, δ ††)

CONT

614 (502–866)

726 (582–948) (A ††)

756 (722–1078) (A †††)

EX

664 (554–898)

718 (698–1029) (A ††)

876 (772–1134) (A ††††)

 Total osteocalcin, ng/ml (α ††)

CONT

11.5 (10.3–16.7)

12.2 (10.4–19.8)

N/A

EX

11.8 (9.9–14.2)

11.8 (11.0–15.1)

N/A

 Undercarboxylated osteocalcin, ng/ml

CONT

4.51 (2.58–5.35)

3.91 (3.39–4.72)

N/A

EX

2.73 (1.54–3.68

2.38 (1.91–3.64)

N/A

 Undercarboxylated-osteocalcin ratio (γ †)

   

CONT

0.30 (0.22–0.39)

0.25 (0.20–0.36) (A †)

N/A

EX

0.23 (0.13–0.31)

0.24 (0.15–0.28)

N/A

 Insulin-like growth factor 1, nmol/L

CONT

19.5 (16.4–22.2)

20.2 (15.1–24.4)

N/A

EX

21.3 (19.4–27.2)

24.4 (22.4–28.7)

N/A

 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, nmol/L

CONT

60 (51.5–65.8)

61 (51.5–72.5)

N/A

EX

85 (59–98.5)

97 (68–109)

N/A

 Serum phosphate, mmol/L (α †††)

CONT

1.13 (1.04–1.18)

1.16 (1.04–1.28)

N/A

EX

1.03 (1.00–1.21)

1.19 (1.12–133)

N/A

  1. Statistical outcomes: α  = bed rest effect; β  = group effect; γ  = interactive effect of bed rest and group, δ  = sex effect. Post-hoc analyses outcomes : A  = different from HDT-2. B  = different from CONT. Significance value provided by the number of symbols † , where †  =  p  ≤ 0.05; ††  =  p  ≤ 0.01; †††  =  p  ≤ 0.001, ††††  =  p  ≤ 0.0001.