Outcome | Domain | Measurement |
---|---|---|
Primary | Visceral fat tissue volume | MRI |
Secondary | Epicardial adipose tissue thickness/area/volume | Cardiac MRI |
Pericardial adipose tissue thickness/ area/volume Gastric emptying rate | Cardiac MRI MMTT and PCM | |
Other | Total body fat mass | DXA |
Total body muscle mass | DXA | |
Resting blood pressure | BP monitor | |
Heart rate recovery | Heart rate strap | |
Maximal aerobic capacity (cardiovascular fitness) | VO2 max test | |
Muscle strength | One-RM test | |
Diabetes, pre-diabetes and glucose tolerance | OGTT | |
Glycaemic control during mixed-meal tolerance test | MMTT | |
Free-living glycaemic control | CGM | |
Acute exercise bouta | Blood tests | |
Low-grade inflammationb | Blood tests | |
Cardiometabolic biomarkersc and adipokines | Blood tests |