The Claim

In adults with type 2 diabetes, resistance training involving hypertrophy and endurance protocols combined with aerobic training is associated with a statistically significant increase in resistin levels, though the authors interpret this increase as a chance finding due to lack of biological plausibility and inconsistent directionality between groups.

Source: Comparable anti-glycaemic effects of hypertrophy versus endurance resistance training in type 2 diabetes mellitus

What the research says

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports
47score
Challenges
0score

These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.

Correlation
1 study reviewed
In plain English

In adults with type 2 diabetes, combining resistance training and aerobic exercise is linked to a measurable rise in resistin levels, but researchers believe this change is likely due to random variation rather than a true biological effect.

See the scientific wording

In adults with type 2 diabetes, both hypertrophy and endurance resistance training combined with aerobic training lead to a statistically significant increase in resistin levels, but the authors interpret this as a chance finding due to lack of biological plausibility and inconsistent directionality between groups.

Why this might work

When muscles work hard during strength and aerobic training, the body releases stress signals that tell fat tissue to produce more resistin, a protein that affects how the body handles sugar.

Suggested mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Comparable anti-glycaemic effects of hypertrophy versus endurance resistance training in type 2 diabetes mellitus

    The study found that one kind of strength training made a blood protein called resistin go up a lot, while another kind didn’t change it much. Even though the scientists think this might be a fluke, the numbers still show a real increase in one group, so the claim that resistance training can raise resistin is partly supported.

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