Table 2.
Mean muscle mass and strength of participants at the pre- and poststudy visits (n=47).
| Variablea | CMGb (n=24), mean (SD) | CGc (n=23), mean (SD) | Poststudy between-group differences, mean (95% CI) | P valued | |||||||||||
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Muscle mass (g) | 40,424.3 (9891.6) | 41,042.4 (9857.0) | 39,816.9 (7496.0) | 39,974.3 (7581.4) | 82.9 (−1027.8 to 1193.6) | .88 | ||||||||
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Fat mass (g) | 33,043.5 (12,416.6) | 33,324.4 (12,654.0) | 26,942.5 (9499.2) | 26,124.9 (1744.3) | 1098.6 (−391.1 to 2588.2) | .14 | ||||||||
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Muscle mass dominant (kg) | 20.1 (6.4) | 22.0 (6.5) | 21.1 (7.5) | 22.7 (6.9) | 0.1 (−2.4 to 2.7) | .92 | ||||||||
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Muscle mass nondominant (kg) | 18.5 (6.4) | 20.3 (6.3) | 19.2 (7.5) | 20.8 (7.9) | 0.4 (−1.8 to 2.6) | .72 | ||||||||
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Weight (kg) | 76.6 (17.4) | 76.9 (17.5) | 69.4 (15.0) | 68.6 (14.3) | 2.6 (−0.7 to 5.9) | .13 | ||||||||
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BMI (kg/m2) | 28.0 (6.0) | 28.0 (6.0) | 26.1 (5.0) | 25.8 (4.7) | 0.3 (−0.3 to 0.8) | .35 | ||||||||
| Physical activity (min/wk) | 838.8 (545.9) | 968.75 (619.9) | 930.0 (649.1) | 948.3 (602.7) | 111.7 (−319.1 to 542.6) | .60 | |||||||||
| Steps | —e | 5921.5 (2887.8) | — | 6049.9 (3597.5) | −128.4 (−2040.9 to 1784.1) | .89 | |||||||||
aThe independent samples t test was used to compare between-group differences at the poststudy visit.
bCMG: culinary medicine intervention group.
cCG: control group.
dP value refers to between-group differences by the independent samples t test.
eNot available.