Resistin, an adipocyte-derived factor, is associated with obesity and body fat, while others failed to observe such correlations. This study was aimed to estimate serum resistin in response to one session moderate exercise in obese men. So, we measured serum resistin concentration before and immediately after exercise (moderate short-time cycling test) in fifteen adult obese men. All subjects were non smoker and non-athletes. Independent sample T-test was used to compare the serum levels of

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... serum levels of resistin between pre and post test. A P-value of < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. No significant difference was found in serum resistin by cycling exercise with compared to pretest (from 2.60 ± 1.9 to 2.82 ± 1.54 ng/ml p=0.436). Our findings indicate that a short-time low-intensity cycling does not affect proinflammatory adipokine resistin in obese men. Al-Harithy RN, Al-Ghamdi S. 2005. Serum resistin, adiposity and insulin resistance in Saudi women with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Annals of Saudi Medicine 25(4), 283-7. De Luis DA, Aller R, Izaola O, Gonzalez Sagrado M, Bellioo D, Conde R. 2007. Effects of a low-fat versus a low-carbohydrate diet on adipocytokines in obese adults. Hormone Research 67(6), 296-300. http://dx.Jamurtas AZ, Theocharis V, Koukoulis G, Stakias N, Fatouros IG, Kouretas D, Koutedakis Y. 2006. The effects of acute exercise on serum adiponectin and resistin levels and their relation to insulin sensitivity in overweight males. European Journal of Applied Physiology 97(1), 122-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00421-006-0169-x Janowska J, Zahorska-Markiewicz B, Olszanecka-Glinianowicz M. 2006. Relationship between serum resistin concentration and proinflammatory cytokines in obese women with impaired and normal glucose tolerance. Metabolism 55(11), 1495-9. http://dx.