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. 2010 Oct 10;2011:516576. doi: 10.1155/2011/516576

Table 2.

Baseline anthropometric, body composition, bone mass, muscle strength, and physical function by intervention group.

Physical Activity + Weight Loss (N = 20) Physical Activity + Successful Aging (N = 14) P-value
Mean change (BL-6FU) Mean change (BL-6FU)
Anthropometric
 Waist circumference, cm 108.8 (7.2)# 105.1 (8.8) .22
 Body weight, kg 89.8 (10.0) 85.4 (6.5) .21
 Height, cm 164.1 (8.4) 163.2 (5.2) .77
 BMI,  kg/m2 33.6 (3.3) 32.1 (3.0) .30

DXA
 Percent body fat 43.0 (5.4) 42.5 (6.1) .73
 Total fat mass, kg 38.0 (5.9) 35.9 (6.5) .61
 Total lean mass, kg 48.2 (7.6) 46.1 (5.2) .55
 Appendicular lean mass, kg 20.6 (3.7) 19.7 (2.8) .47
 Total body BMD, g/cm2 1.14 (0.12) 1.11 (0.15) .53
 Total hip BMD, g/cm2 0.93 (0.11) 0.93 (0.15) .91

Abdominal CT
 Total, cm2 661.5 (134.1) 569.5 (97.6) .04*
 Visceral fat, cm2 217.7 (61.3) 179.8 (47.9) .06
 Subcutaneous fat, cm2 443.7 (124.5) 389.1 (93.4) .17

Right thigh CT
 Total fat, cm2 150.8 (52.4) 137.9 (47.8) .47
 Subcutaneous, cm2 133.2 (52.8) 119.8 (47.4) .45
 Intermuscular fat, cm2 12.5 (3.6) 13.4 (5.5) .57
 Muscle mass (CSA), cm2 102.3 (23.2) 102.5 (90.2) .99
 Muscle density, HU 39.6 (3.1) 40.1 (3.3) .62
 Lean muscle mass, cm2 68.8 (18.9) 71.7 (21.1) .64

Right quadriceps CT
 Muscle mass, cm2 49.2 (10.6) 50.1 (10.8) .81
 Muscle density, HU 44.2 (3.7) 44.6 (3.6) .71
 Lean muscle mass, cm2 37.7 (10.7) 39.6 (11.9) .64
 Specific torque (N·m/cm2) 2.2 (0.3) 2.2 (0.5) .65

Knee extensor strength
 Peak torque, N·m 105.9 (32.2) 110.8 (23.7) .66
 Average torque, N·m 85.3 (25.2) 89.7 (24.6) .62

SPPB
 Total 9.7 (1.4) 10.7 (1.1) .05*
 Chair stand score (0–4) 2.2 (1.1) 2.7 (1.0) .15
 Balance score (0–4) 3.7 (0.6) 4.0 (0) .06
 Gait speed score (0–4) 3.8 (0.5) 3.9 (0.3) .48

#± Standard deviation.

*Significant at P < .05.