Effect of high-intensity interval training versus moderate-intensity continuous training on plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in Type 2 diabetic women

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Variable	HIIT group	MICT group	p-value
Age [years]	42.13 ± 6.81	41.10 ± 2.92	0.700
Height [cm]	157.25 ± 2.19	157.70 ± 2.06	0.659
Body weight [kg]	81.77 ± 12.10	87.58 ± 6.49	0.209
BMI [kg/m²]	33.08 ± 4.95	35.22 ± 2.58	0.255

	HIIT [15]	MICT
Frequency	Three days per week	Three days per week
Intensity	Low intensity for warming-up and cooling-down periods High intensity at THR of 85–90% of HR_peak for the high-intensity intervals Moderate intensity at a THR of 60–70% of HR_peak for active recovery	Low intensity for the warm-up and cool-down periods Moderate intensity at a THR of 65–75% of HR_peak during the working phase
Time or Duration	5 minutes warm-up Four 4 min high-intensity workouts with three-minute recovery intervals in between 3 minutes cool-down	The session lasted 45 minutes (5–10 minutes of warming up, 30 minutes of the working phase, and 3–5 minutes of cooling down)
Type/mode	Treadmill, interval walking exercise	Treadmill, continuous walking exercise

Variables		HIIT group	MICT group	Levene's test	Unpaired t-test

				p-value	p-value
PAI-1 [ng/mL]	baseline	37.42 ± 3.52	38.49 ± 2.40	0.089	0.457
	post	29.09 ± 2.67	30.37 ± 2.92	0.995	0.352
	p-value	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*
HbA_1c[%]	baseline	8.34 ± 0.44	8.15 ± 0.63	0.297	0.482
	post	6.45 ± 0.50	6.78 ± 0.36	0.377	0.127
	p-value	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*
BMI [kg/m²]	baseline	33.08 ± 4.95	35.22 ± 2.58	0.079	0.255
	post	32.97 ± 4.29	34.76 ± 3.00	0.289	0.314
	p-value	0.783	0.239