Table 5.

Changes in body compositions for HIIT, MICT, and control groups.

Variable	Pre-intervention (mean ± SD)	Post-intervention (mean ± SD)	p	Change		Between-group differences post-intervention
				Marginal means	95% confidence interval	p	Effect size
Body weight (kg)
CON	68.94 ± 11.18	69.40 ± 9.63	0.567	0.46	–1.29 to 2.20	0.613	0.037
MICT	72.58 ± 11.30	72.04 ± 11.39	0.364	–0.54	–0.73 to 1.80
HIIT	68.08 ± 8.87	68.00 ± 2.74	0.835	–0.08	–0.92 to 0.76
BMI (kg/m2)
CON	27.37 ± 4.88	27.24 ± 4.60	0.483	–0.13	–0.53 to 0.27	0.497	0.052
MICT	28.10 ± 5.14	28.45 ± 4.92	0.576	0.34	–1.01 to 1.70
HIIT	26.50 ± 3.48	26.44 ± 3.39	0.685	–0.06	–0.39 to 0.27
Lean body mass (kg)
CON	41.43 ± 4.21	41.23 ± 3.52	0.711	–0.20	–1.37 to 0.97	0.665	0.031
MICT	45.02 ± 6.04	44.76 ± 5.78	0.608	–0.26	–1.37 to 0.84
HIIT	44.00 ± 4.11	44.13 ± 4.11	0.764	0.12	–0.76 to 1.01
Fat mass (kg)
CON	27.50 ± 8.17	28.16 ± 7.37	0.210	0.66	–0.44 to 1.76	0.255	0.100
MICT	27.55 ± 7.90	27.27 ± 7.31	0.633	–0.27	–0.99 to 1.55
HIIT	24.07 ± 5.59	23.86 ± 6.11	0.682	–0.20	–1.27 to 0.87
Fat percent (%)
CON	39.13 ± 6.29	40.01 ± 5.66	0.122	0.88	–0.28 to 2.04	0.159	0.132
MICT	37.46 ± 6.52	37.38 ± 5.71	0.889	–0.08	–1.17 to 1.33
HIIT	34.99 ± 4.21	34.70 ± 5.20	0.631	–0.29	–1.61 to 1.03
Waist circumference (cm)
CONT	82.00 ± 10.39	81.20 ± 9.09	0.505	–0.80	–3.40 to 1.80	0.397	0.069
MICT	86.90 ± 9.51	84.70 ± 10.18	0.051	–2.20	−4.40 to −0.01
HIIT	80.10 ± 6.57	80.60 ± 7.42	0.657	0.50	–1.96 to 2.96
Hip circumference (cm)
CONT	100.20 ± 6.21	99.80 ± 6.54	0.739	0.40	–3.03 to 2.23	0.528	0.048
MICT	103.00 ± 6.94	101.90 ± 7.35	0.207	–1.10	–0.73 to 2.93
HIIT	102.90 ± 7.69	103.40 ± 6.85	0.662	0.50	–2.00 to 3.00

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; CON = control; HIIT = high-intensity interval training; MICT = moderate-intensity continuous training.