Measurements at baseline in overweight and obese, lactating women participating in the LEVA study by intervention group1.

1For normally distributed variables, values are means (SD) and one-way ANOVA was used for comparisons among groups at baseline. For non-normally distributed variables (inflammation markers), values are medians (inter quartile range) and Kruskal-Wallis test was used for comparisons among groups at baseline.2No valid data retrieved for 1 woman in the Control group (n = 14).3No data retrieved for 1 woman in the Exercise group (n = 15).4One woman in the Control group with CRP of 22.0 mg/L and signs of breast engorgement and hence local inflammation was excluded from analysis (n = 14). One woman in the Diet group and one woman in the Exercise group were excluded (IL-6 and TNF-α values>+3 SD) (n = 14 and n = 15, respectively).BP: blood pressure, HDL-C: High density lipoprotein cholesterol, hs-CRP: high sensitive C-reactive protein, IGF-1: Insulin-like growth factor 1, IL-6: Interleukin 6, LDL-C: Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha, Total-C: Total cholesterol.