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

TABLE 7.

Pairwise and network meta-analysis of the effectiveness of each intervention on fat mass.

COM-HI COM-M AE-M AE-HI RT-HI CON
COM-HI COM-HI NA NA −0.51 (−1.28, 0.26) N = 3, I 2 = 19% −1.16 (−3.35, 1.02) N = 2, I 2 = 74% −2.40 (−3.87, −0.92) N = 2, I 2 -40%
COM-M −0.01 (−2.89, 2.88) COM-M NA NA NA −2.78 (−5.68, 0.12) N = 3, I 2 = 85%
AE-M −0.56 (−2.96, 1.84) −0.55 (−3.15, 2.04) AE-M −0.86 (−2.20, 0.48) N = 2, I 2 = 14% NA −2.38 (−4.33, −0.42) N = 5, I 2 = 92%
AE-HI −0.62 (−2.53, 1.29) −0.61 (−3.06, 1.84) −0.06 (−1.84, 1.72) AE-HI 0.09 (−0.10, 0.29) N = 2, I 2 = 0% −2.55 (−3.77, −1.34) N = 7, I 2 = 91%
RT-HI −1.31 (−3.47, 0.84) −1.30 (−4.10, 1.49) −0.75 (−3.07, 1.57) −0.69 (−2.58, 1.19) RT-HI −1.47 (−2.40, −0.90) N = 2, I 2 = 59%
CON −2.87 (−4.84, −0.91) −2.87 (−4.97, −0.76) −2.31 (−3.83, −0.79) −2.25 (−3.51, −1.00) −1.56 (−3.40, 0.28) 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.