Plasma visfatin response to combined exercise training in healthy women.

Purpose: Visfatin is recently identified adipocytokine and its role in response to exercise in human is not known. In this study we have investigated whether plasma visfatin is altered by exercise training in healthy women. Methods: Fasting plasma visfatin concentrations was measured in 10 women who participated in a supervised combined exercise program (60 min/day, 60-70% HR-reserve, 400 kcal, 10RM/3set, 3 days/week) for three months. Twelve women subjects were served as controls. Body weight, body mass index, lipids, FFA, growth hormone, insulin homeostasis model assessment (HOMA-R), and fasting levels for visfatin and glucose were measured before and after the exercise program. Results: Body weight, BMI, lipids, and % body fat, and FFA were significantly decreased in exercise training group (p<.05) compared with control group. However, visfatin levels were not significantly changed after combined exercise training in both exercise group and control group. Conclusion: In this study plasma visfatin was not significantly changed by combined exercise training in healthy women. In addition, visfatin concentrations was not correlated with other variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]