Independent effects of diet and exercise training on fat oxidation in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Table 2 Resting substrate metabolism pre-intervention and after 6 mo of energy restriction or exercise training (post-intervention) in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

	Energy restriction (n = 6)			Exercise (n = 10)
	Pre	Post	P	Pre	Post	P
Respiratory quotient	0.82 ± 0.04	0.80 ± 0.04	0.38	0.84 ± 0.06	0.81 ± 0.06	0.05
Fatox (mg/kgFFM per minute)	1.18 ± 0.25	1.46 ± 0.33	0.17	1.15 ± 0.54	1.35 ± 0.48	0.08
CHOox (mg/kgFFM per minute)	2.33 ± 0.69	1.72 ± 0.83	0.19	2.70 ± 1.24	1.90 ± 1.17	0.02

Complete-case analysis performed. Fat_ox: Fat oxidation rates; CHO_ox: Carbohydrate oxidation rates; FFM: Fat-free mass.