effect of 12 weeks endurance training on plasma visfatin in men

objective: visfatin, is a novel adipokine, and an adipose tissue-derived hormone shown to correlate with visceral fat mass in patients with obesity. it is not well known whether endurance training – induced change in adipose tissue and blood lipids decreases plasma visfatin or not; thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of 12 weeks endurance training on plasma visfatin in men. methods: twenty five healthy men (aged 37.5 ± 4.8 years; height 17˽.7 ± 6.5 cm; bmi 25.2 ± 2.6 kg/m2; mean ± sd) participated as subjects in this study. the subjects were randomly assigned to endurance training group (n=15) or control group (n=10). endurance training group underwent an 12-week intervention, with a frequency of 3 d/wk at an intensity corresponding to 65 – 80% maximum heart rate for 20 – 34 min. results: results showed that body fat percent, whr and plasma visfatin were decreased (p