Table 3 Participant characteristics when stratified by cardiorespiratory fitness

 Gender (M/F)

8/10

17/19

8/10

0.974

 Type 2 Diabetes (Y/N)

11/7

18/18

6/12

0.250

 MAFLD (Y/N)

15/3

16/20

8/10

0.015 ^{b, c}

 Age (years)

54.56 (9.94)

47.33 (9.48)

47.89 (10.47)

0.037 ^{b, c}

0.67 (-2.57 to 3.91)

 Waist Circumference (cm)

119.03 (15.38)

107.39 (12.64)

100.38 (10.70)

<0.001 ^{b, c}

1.45 (-2.76 to 5.65)

 BMI (kg/m²)

39.81 (4.29)

33.34 (3.55)

32.27 (4.12)

<0.001 ^{b, c}

1.85 (0.51 to 3.18)

 LF (%)

11.40 (6.25)

8.00 (7.48)

6.08 (5.40)

0.033 ^b

0.94 (-0.92 to 2.79)

 SBP (mmHg)

135.66 (20.17)

124.77 (13.08)

119.09 (11.86)

0.004 ^{b, c}

1.03 (-4.22 to 6.28)

 DBP (mmHg)

83.21 (11.33)

78.60 (6.58)

78.44 (6.46)

0.107 ^b

0.53 (-2.40 to 3.46)

 AST (U/L)

30.39 (22.57)

25.78 (16.16)

20.44 (3.62)

0.189

0.633 (-4.50 to 5.77)

 ALT (U/L)

34.72 (22.72)

29.22 (18.81)

22.39 (10.82)

0.136 ^b

0.71 (-4.94 to 6.36)

 CRP (mg/L)

7.30 (6.72)

3.38 (3.41)

3.51 (3.30)

0.008 ^{b, c}

0.74 (-0.94 to 2.42)

 FBG (mmol/L)

7.14 (3.16)

6.26 (3.14)

5.01 (1.59)

0.101 ^b

0.88 (0.08 to 1.67)

 ^aInsulin (mU/L)

14.29 (7.79)

10.68 (6.16)

8.72 (3.37)

0.026 ^b

0.96 (-0.95 to 2.86)

 ^aHOMA-IR

4.56 (2.89)

2.82 (2.06)

2.08 (1.44)

0.004 ^{b, c}

1.12 (0.39 to 1.84)

 Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.61 (0.75)

1.57 (0.73)

1.54 (0.91)

0.973

0.09 (-0.18 to 0.35)

 Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.93 (1.34)

4.93 (1.24)

5.30 (0.95)

0.527

-0.33 (-0.70 to 0.04)

 HDL (mmol/L)

1.30 (0.30)

1.22 (0.34)

1.38 (0.29)

0.223

-0.28 (-0.37 to -0.19)

 LDL (mmol/L)

2.88 (1.10)

2.96 (1.03)

3.27 (0.87)

0.464

-0.41 (-0.72 to -0.09)

 FFA (umol/L)

531.83 (196.93)

439.92 (188.65)

378.49 (156.79)

0.047 ^b

0.89(-55.62 to 57.39)