. 2023 Jul 13;14:1186546. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1186546

TABLE 2.

Comparison analysis for the fasting blood glucose and serum cortisol levels between and within the groups.

Parameters	Groups	Assessment timeline		95% CI	p-value**	Effect size (d) ^a
Parameters	Groups	Baseline	6-week	95% CI	p-value**	Effect size (d) ^a
Serum cortisol (nmol/L)	AT + DMM	18.08 ± 3.14	12.59 ± 2.17	4.45:6.52	0.0001	2.07
	AT	18.00 ± 3.34	14.37 ± 2.89	2.61:4.67	0.0001	1.17
	95% CI	0.06:0.1	3.12:0.4
	p-value*	0.93	0.01
	Effect size (d) ^a		0.69
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)	AT + DMM	159.86 ± 8.73	136.79 ± 5.19	20.5:25.62	0.0001	3.31
	AT	158.48 ± 10.54	142.68 ± 7.16	13.23:18.35	0.0001	1.78
	95% CI	2.23:0.9	9.19:2.6
	p-value*	0.59	0.001
	Effect size (d) ^a		0.94

Data are expressed as mean±standard deviation; CI, confidence interval. Statistically significant values of p-value <0.05 are showed in bold.

Denotes p-value between the group.

Denotes p-value within the group.

^{^a}

Treatment effect size (d): large if d = 0.8, medium if d = 0.5, small if d = 0.2.