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

TABLE 9.

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

RT-HI RT-M AE-HI COM-HI COM-M AE-M CON
RT-HI RT-HI 1.40 (−1.74, 4.54) N = 1, I 2 = NA 0.69 (0.47, 0.91) N = 2, I 2 = 0% 0.44 (−0.44, 1.31) N = 2, I 2 = 22% NA 1.64 (−2.98, 6.26) N = 1, I 2 = NA 0.97 (−0.40, 2.34) N = 2, I 2 = 94%
RT-M 0.40 (−0.83, 1.63) RT-M NA NA NA 0.88 (0.65, 1.11) N = 2, I 2 = 0% 0.70 (0.46, 0.94) N = 2, I 2 = 0%
AE-HI 0.45 (−0.52, 1.43) 0.05 (−1.09, 1.19) AE-HI NA NA 0.70 (−1.53, 2.93) N = 1, I 2 = NA 0.63 (−0.40, 1.66) N = 5, I 2 = 95%
COM-HI 0.59 (−0.57, 1.75) 0.19 (−1.25, 1.63) 0.14 (−0.99, 1.27) COM-HI 0.10 (−0.12, 0.32) N = 2, I2 = 0% NA −0.30 (−0.52, −0.08) N = 1, I 2 = NA
COM-M 1.10 (−2.70, 4.91) 0.70 (−3.11, 4.51) 0.65 (−3.12, 4.42) 0.51 (−3.36, 4.38) COM-M NA 0.00 (−3.45, 3.45) N = 1, I 2 = NA
AE-M 0.94 (−0.17, 2.05) 0.54 (−0.48, 1.56) 0.49 (−0.48, 1.45) 0.35 (−0.96, 1.65) −0.16 (−3.93, 3.61) AE-M −0.02 (−0.30, 0.26) N = 6, I2 = 25%
CON 1.10 (0.22, 1.99) 0.70 (−0.21, 1.61) 0.65 (−0.06, 1.36) 0.51 (−0.62, 1.64) −0.00 (−3.70, 3.70) 0.16 (−0.54, 0.87) 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.