Table 1.

The anthropometric indices of the participants at the beginning of the study and after four months of intervention (n = 96)¹

Anthropometric variables	Mean				Mean Difference		F value
	Before intervention		After intervention				Group	Time	Group × time
	Control	Intervention	Control	Intervention	Control	Intervention
Weight (kg)	74.44 ± 11.83	74.45 ± 14.46	77.06 ± 12.27	73.58 ± 14.21	2.62	-0.87	3.6	3.6	0.05
Height (cm)	168.76 ± 8.11	165.75 ± 8.58	169.03 ± 8.85	166.95 ± 9.29	0.27	1.2	0.26	0.26	1.44
BMI (kg/m2)	26.05 ± 2.96	26.73 ± 4.18	26.56 ± 2.89	26.41 ± 4.21	0.51	-0.32	0.27	0.27	6.58*
BF (%)	27.08 ± 6.19	28.24 ± 6.55	26.43 ± 5.87	26.43 ± 7.21	-0.65	-1.81	0.01	0.01	10.5**
BM (%)	35.32 ± 2.59	34.82 ± 2.67	35.47 ± 2.43	35.47 ± 3.37	0.42	0.65	0.38	0.38	2.14

¹ Based on repeated measures GLM (df = 1) after adjusting for the confounding effects of genotype, age, and anthropometric variables at P < 0.05 * and P < 0.01 **