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

Table 3.

Mean changes in anthropometric, body composition, bone mass, muscle strength, and physical function measures from baseline to 6-month followup by intervention group.

Physical Activity + Weight Loss (N = 19) Physical Activity + Successful Aging (N = 13)
Mean change (BL-6FU) P-value Mean change (BL-6FU) P-value
Anthropometric
 Waist circumference, cm −4.0 (7.5)# .03 −1.1 (5.2) .50
 Body weight, kg −4.9 (4.8)§ <.001 −1.0 (3.5)§ .44
 BMI, kg/m2 −1.7 (1.7)§ <.001 −0.4 (1.3)§ .46
DXA
 Percent body fat −2.4 (1.9)§ <.001 −0.05 (1.3)§ .67
 Total fat mass, kg −4.4 (3.2)§ <.001 −0.6 (2.1)§ .27
 Total lean mass, kg −1.5 (1.7) .001 −0.7 (1.4) .08
 Appendicular lean mass, kg −0.9 (0.8) .001 −0.5 (1.1) .06
 Total body BMD, g/cm2 −0.010 (.032) .18 −0.006 (.026) .41
 Total hip BMD, g/cm2 −0.002 (.032) .72 0.005 (.014) .17
Abdominal CT
 Total fat, cm2 −75.1 (94.4)§ <.01 −5.2 (72.4)§ .80
 Visceral fat, cm2 −38.1 (40.4)§ <.01 −5.5 (26.2)§ .46
 Subcutaneous fat, cm2 −37.0 (62.8) .02 −0.4 (55.9) .84
Right thigh CT
 Total fat, cm2 −18.1 (17.5) <.01 −5.4 (9.9) .07
 Subcutaneous, cm2 −15.4 (14.8) <.01 −4.8 (9.5) .09
 Muscle mass, cm2 −2.3 (4.0)§ .03 1.5 (3.7)§ .13
 Muscle density, HU 1.3 (1.2) <.01 0.9 (1.2) .02
 Lean muscle mass, cm2 1.7 (4.0) .08 2.8 (4.2) .04
Right quadriceps CT
 Muscle mass, cm2 −1.6 (2.4) .02 −1.4 (3.9) .31
 Muscle density, HU 1.3 (3.7) <.01 1.0 (1.4) .03
 Lean muscle mass, cm2 −0.17 (2.2) .54 −0.41 (3.5) .79
 Specific torque, N·m/cm2 −0.24 (0.58) .11 −0.001 (0.31) .99
Knee extensor strength
 Peak torque, N·m −16.8 (27.9) .01 −2.5 (17.2) .91
 Average torque, N·m −14.0 (22.0) .01 −3.3 (13.5) .45
SPPB score 0.7 (1.4) .04 0.5 (0.9) .13

#± Standard deviation.

§Denotes a significant difference between intervention programs, P < .05.