Table 5

Steps Walked, Glucose and Insulin. Number of steps, plasma glucose and insulin of subjects consuming raisins (RAISIN), increasing walking (WALK) or both (RAISIN + WALK)1.

Variable
Number of Steps
Glucose (mmol/L)
Insulin (mmol/L)

RAISIN (N = 12)
Baseline
N/A
5.52 ± 0.71
402 ± 278
6 Weeks
N/A
5.38 ± 0.68
391 ± 326
WALK (n = 12)
Baseline
6083 ± 2639
5.52 ± 0.70
317 ± 157
6 Weeks
11998 ± 4022
5.70 ± 0.93
315 ± 180
RAISIN + WALK (n = 10)
Baseline
9481 ± 3641
5.22 ± 0.41
316 ± 134
6 Weeks
12547 ± 4329
5.40 ± 0.54
349 ± 205
Time Effect
P < 0.0001
NS
NS
Group Effect
NS
NS
NS
Interaction
NS
NS
NS

1Values are means ± standard deviation for the number of subjects indicated in parenthesis. Data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA. There were no interactive effects for these variables.

Puglisi et al. Lipids in Health and Disease 2008 7:14   doi:10.1186/1476-511X-7-14