Table 3. Mean body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) of participants across the different age brackets, after 4-weekly or 8-weekly PEMF therapy.
4-weekly PEMF | (All) | (35–55) | (56–65) | (66–75) | (76–91) | |||||
Number of subjects | 42 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 12 | |||||
PEMF Therapy | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post |
Weight (kg) | 59.7 | 59.6 | 64.3 | 64.0 | 51.9 | 51.7 | 61.2 | 61.0 | 58.4 | 58.5 |
Std. Deviation | 12.5 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 15.6 | 15.3 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 23.25 | 23.21 | 23.91 | 23.80 | 20.88 | 20.81 | 23.60 | 23.53 | 23.31 | 23.39 |
Std. Deviation | 4.03 | 3.99 | 5.02 | 5.20 | 1.66 | 1.45 | 3.76 | 3.64 | 4.55 | 4.49 |
Minimum | 17.00 | 17.31 | 18.90 | 18.50 | 19.50 | 19.46 | 17.60 | 18.13 | 17.00 | 17.31 |
Maximum | 33.10 | 33.21 | 32.70 | 32.48 | 23.30 | 22.84 | 33.10 | 33.21 | 32.30 | 32.34 |
Range | 16.10 | 15.90 | 13.80 | 13.98 | 3.80 | 3.38 | 15.50 | 15.08 | 15.30 | 15.03 |
8-weekly PEMF | (All) | (35–55) | (56–65) | (66–75) | (76–91) | |||||
Number of subjects | 33 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 8 | |||||
PEMF Therapy | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post |
Weight (kg) | 60.5 | 60.2 | 60.5 | 60.2 | 52.9 | 52.5 | 60.8 | 60.6 | 63.6 | 63.3 |
Std. Deviation | 11.3 | 11.2 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 13.2 | 13.3 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 23.56 | 23.44 | 22.20 | 22.11 | 21.08 | 20.89 | 23.67 | 23.57 | 25.25 | 25.11 |
Std. Deviation | 3.76 | 3.67 | 3.03 | 3.59 | 1.85 | 1.74 | 3.82 | 3.61 | 4.24 | 4.11 |
Minimum | 17.60 | 17.88 | 20.20 | 19.61 | 19.50 | 19.42 | 17.60 | 17.88 | 19.60 | 19.43 |
Maximum | 33.10 | 32.64 | 26.70 | 27.43 | 23.30 | 23.09 | 33.10 | 32.64 | 32.30 | 31.67 |
Range | 15.50 | 14.76 | 6.50 | 7.82 | 3.80 | 3.67 | 15.50 | 14.76 | 12.70 | 12.24 |
No significant differences were observed between age brackets at any time of assessment.