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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Nov 17.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Sep;88(3):605–611. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/88.3.605

TABLE 3.

Changes in body composition in the intervention and control groups

P
Characteristic Intervention
(n = 47)		 Control
(n = 46)		 Group1 Group
× sex2
Weight (kg) 1.57 ± 0.243 1.13 ± 0.24 0.20 0.20
Height (cm) 2.27 ± 0.15 2.16 ± 0.15 0.61 0.004
 Boys 2.50 ± 0.21 1.77 ± 0.20 0.01  —
 Girls 2.04 ± 0.21 2.55 ± 0.23 0.10  —
BMI (kg/m2) 0.08 ± 0.12 −0.09 ± 0.12 0.33 0.82
BMI z score 0.01 ± 0.02 −0.01 ± 0.02 0.58 0.78
Percentage body fat (%) 0.36 ± 0.24 0.78 ± 0.25 0.22 0.89
Total fat mass (kg) 0.84 ± 0.15 0.89 ± 0.15 0.81 0.65
Trunk fat mass (kg) 0.31 ± 0.09 0.39 ± 0.09 0.52 0.97
Lean mass (kg) 0.92 ± 0.10 0.62 ± 0.11 0.04 0.43
Bone mass (kg) 0.06 ± 0.01 0.05 ± 0.01 0.47 0.48
1

Tests for group difference that is consistent between the sexes by multiple linear regression analysis.

2

Tests for interaction (ie, inconsistent group difference between the 2 sexes) by multiple linear regression analysis.

3

Least-squares x̄ ± SE from regression analysis, adjusted for age and sex (all such values).