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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2013 Apr;45(4):607–614. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31827aa3fa

Table 5.

12-month change (mean, 95% CI) in lean mass, appendicular lean mass (ALM) and skeletal muscle index (SMI) among participants, stratified by age.

Age <60y Age ≥60 y
Baseline 12 month Δ Baseline 12 month Δ
Control n=62 n=57 n=25 n=23
   lean mass 40.9 (39.6, 42.2) 0.02 (−0.56, 0.59) 39.6 (37.6, 41.7) −0.23 (−0.75, 0.28)
   ALM 17.4 (16.8, 18.0) −0.29 (−0.51, −0.07) 16.6 (15.7, 17.6) −0.13 (−0.48, 0.22)
   SMI 6.3 (6.1, 6.5) −0.10 (−0.17, −0.02) 6.1 (5.9, 6.4) −0.07 (−0.19, 0.05)
Exercise n=80 n=71 n=37 n=34 pinteraction*
   lean mass 40.7 (39.5, 41.8) 0.38 (−0.11, 0.87) 39.2 (37.7, 40.7) 0.11 (−0.44, 0.66) 0.16
   ALM 17.3 (16.8, 17.8) 0.23 (0.00, 0.45) 16.7 (16.0, 17.4) −0.03 (−0.28, 0.22) 0.67
   SMI 6.3 (6.2, 6.4) 0.09 (0.00, 0.17) 6.2 (6.0, 6.4) 0.02 (−0.12, 0.09) 0.67
Diet n=83 n=74 n=34 n=29
   lean mass 40.9 (39.8, 42.0) −0.73 (−1.07, −0.39) 40.3 (38.8, 41.9) −1.38 (−2.12, −0.63) 0.54
   ALM 17.3 (16.8, 17.8) −0.50 (−0.67, −0.33) 16.7 (16.2, 17.2) −0.60(−0.90, −0.30) 0.94
   SMI 6.3 (6.2, 6.5) −0.19 (−0.25, −0.12) 6.3 (6.1, 6.5) −0.26 (−0.38, −0.13) 0.87
Diet + Exercise n=79 n=72 n=38 n=36
   lean mass 39.6 (38.7, 40.5) −0.36 (−0.78, 0.06) 39.7 (38.3, 41.1) −0.70 (−1.39, −0.01) 0.59
   ALM 16.9 (16.4, 17.3) −0.11 (−0.29, 0.07) 16.7 (16.1, 17.3) −0.45 (−0.77, −0.12) 0.33
   SMI 6.3 (6.1, 6.4) −0.03 (−0.10, 0.04) 6.4 (6.2, 6.7) −0.16 (−0.28, −0.03) 0.49

Analysis completed using all available data.

*

pinteraction: pvalue comparing difference in baseline to 12 months change in between age strata in each intervention group versus controls, adjusted for ethnicity,