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. 2023 Jul 11;14:1193223. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1193223

TABLE 3.

Pairwise and network meta-analysis of the effectiveness of interventions on body fat percentage.

COM-M COM-HI AE-M RT-HI AE-HI RT-M CON
COM-M COM-M NA −0.11 (−0.77, 0.55) N = 1, I 2 = NA NA NA −0.82 (−1.65, −0.01) N = 1, I 2 = NA −2.37 (−4.17, −0.57) N = 4, I 2 = 92%
COM-HI −0.33 (−2.33,1.66) COM-HI NA −0.03 (−0.81, 0.74) N = 2, I 2 = 25% −0.20 (−0.90, 0.49) N = 3, I 2 = 41% N = 2, I 2 = 25% −1.97 (−3.88, −0.06) N = 2, I 2 = 87%
AE-M −0.43 (−1.90,1.04) −0.10 (−1.77,1.57) AE-M 2.69 (−0.15, 5.53) N = 1, I 2 = NA −0.04 (−1.09, 1.02) N = 3, I 2 = 59% 0.58 (−0.99, 2.16) N = 3, I 2 = 85% −2.36 (−2.18, −1.53) N = 11, I 2 = 93%
RT-HI −0.58 (−2.12,0.97) −0.25 (−1.74,1.25) −0.14 (−1.21,0.92) RT-HI −0.49 (−0.82, -0.16) N = 2, I 2 = 0% 1.61 (−1.44, 4.66) N = 1, I 2 = NA −1.55 (−2.13, −0.97) N = 2, I 2 = 67%
AE-HI −0.51 (−2.44,1.43) −0.17 (−1.92,1.57) −0.07 (−1.66,1.51) −0.07 (−1.57,1.43) AE-HI NA −2.03 (−2.96, −1.11) N = 12, I 2 =95%
RT-M −0.73 (−2.49,1.04) −0.39 (−2.40,1.61) −0.29 (−1.71,1.12) −0.22 (−2.11,1.67) −0.15 (−1.71,1.41) RT-M −0.71 (−1.97, 0.55) N = 3, I 2 = 85%
CON −2.52 (−3.83, −1.20) −2.18 (−3.70, −0.67) −2.08 (−2.88, −1.28) −2.01 (−3.45, −0.57) −1.94 (−2.77, −1.11) −1.79 (−3.15, −0.43) CON

The gray area represents the results of the network meta-analysis, and the white area represents the results of the pairwise meta-analysis. The bold values represent statistical significance at a level of p < 0.05. Estimates are shown as columns versus rows for network meta-analysis and rows versus columns for pairwise meta-analysis. The results are presented as mean difference (MD). N, number of studies in the comparison; NA, not available; AE-M, moderate-intensity aerobic exercise; AE-HI, high-intensity aerobic exercise; RT-M, moderate-intensity resistance exercise; RT-HI, high-intensity resistance exercise; COM-M, moderate-intensity combined exercise; COM-HI, high-intensity combined exercise; CON, blank controls.