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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Mar;21(3):E219–E228. doi: 10.1002/oby.20145

Table 3. Change in weight, BMI, body composition and aerobic capacity by group and gender.

Change in weight, BMI, body composition and aerobic capacity by group and gender.

Variable Baseline 10 Month Change Group Difference
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (95% CI) p-value
Weight (kg) 0.0008ab
    Control 87.4 (14.6) 88.0 (15.8) 0.5 (-1.2, 2.3)
        Male 96.2 (11.1) 96.7 (12.5) 0.6 (-1.3, 2.5)
        Female 78.7 (12.6) 79.2 (14.1) 0.5 (-3.0, 3.9)
    400 kcal 91.4 (20.7) 87.4 (20.2) -3.9 (-5.6, -2.3)
        Male 99.9 (19.4) 96.1 (19.0) -3.8 (-6.6, -0.9)
        Female 83.3 (18.9) 79.2 (18.1) -4.1 (-6.1, -2.0)
    600 kcal 92.0 (16.1) 86.8 (16.6) -5.2 (-7.0, -3.3 )
        Male 102.0 (11.7) 96.2 (14.2) -5.9 (-9.1, -2.7)
        Female 81.3 (13.0) 76.9 (12.8) -4.4 (-6.5, -2.3)
BMI (kgm2) 0.0007ab
    Control 29.7 (3.8) 29.9 (4.4) 0.2 (-0.5, 0.8)
        Male 30.6 (4.2) 30.7 (4.4) 0.2 (-0.4, 0.8)
        Female 28.9 (3.4) 29.1 (4.4) 0.2 (-1.1, 1.5)
    400 kcal 31.2 (5.6) 29.8 (5.5) -1.4 (-1.9, -0.8)
        Male 32.0 (5.5) 30.8 (5.5) -1.2 (-2.1, -0.3)
        Female 30.4 (5.6) 28.9 (5.4) -1.5 (-2.2, -0.8)
    600 kcal 30.6 (3.9) 28.9 (4.2) -1.7 (-2.3, -1.1)
        Male 32.1 (3.5) 30.2 (4.3) -1.9 (-2.9, -0.9)
        Female 29.1 (3.8) 27.5 (3.7) -1.6 (-2.3, -0.8)
Body fat (%) 0.0064b
    Control 41.0 (6.1) 40.4 (7.2) -0.6 (-1.7, 0.6)
        Male 36.9 (4.4) 35.8 (5.6) -1.1 (-2.6, 0.5)
        Female 45.1 (4.6) 45.0 (5.5) -0.1 (-2.1, 2.0)
    400 kcal 39.6 (7.5) 36.6 (8.3) -2.9 (-4.3, -1.6)
        Male 35.4 (6.8) 32.8 (7.5) -2.7 (-4.9, -0.4)
        Female 43.6 (5.8) 40.5 (7.3) -3.2 (-4.9, -1.6)
    600 kcal 40.2 (6.2) 35.9 (7.6) -4.3 (-5.8, -2.8)
        Male 37.0 (5.0) 32.5 (6.8) -4.5 (-6.9, -2.2)
        Female 43.5 (5.7) 39.4 (6.8) -4.1 (-6.1, -2.1)
Fat mass (kg) 0.001b
    Control 34.1 (7.7) 34.2 (9.1) 0.2 (-1.4, 1.7)
        Male 34.1 (7.9) 34.0 (9.5) -0.1 (-2.6, 2.4)
        Female 34.1 (7.8) 34.5 (9.2) 0.4 (-2.1, 2.9.)
    400 kcal 34.6 (11.2) 31.3 (11.6) -3.5 (-5.1, -1.8)
        Male 34.5 (11.6) 31.0 (11.4) -3.6 (-6.2, -0.9)
        Female 34.8 (11.1) 31.7 (12.2) -3.4 (-5.7, -1.1)
    600 kcal 35.3 (8.4) 30.1 (9.7) -5.2 (-6.9, -3.4)
        Male 36.4 (7.5) 30.5 (10.1) -5.9 (-8.8, -3.0)
        Female 34.1 (9.4) 29.7 (9.6) -4.4 (-6.6, -2.3)
Fat free mass (kg) 0.0733
    Control 52.1 (10.1) 53.3 (11.5) 1.2 (0.2, 2.1)
        Male 60.7 (5.0) 62.8 (6.2) 2.1 (0.8, 3.3)
        Female 43.5 (5.1) 43.7 (6.3) 0.3 (-1.2, 1.7)
    400 kcal 55.7 (12.5) 55.7 (12.1) 0.0 (-0.6, 0.7)
        Male 64.4 (9.9) 64.4 (9.2) 0.0 (-1.0, 1.0)
        Female 46.9 (8.0) 47.0 (7.7) 0.1 (-0.7, 0.9)
    600 kcal 55.8 (11.5) 56.4 (11.2) 0.6 (0.1, 1.1)
        Male 65.0 (7.3) 65.4 (7.4) 0.4 (-0.4, 1.2)
        Female 46.1 (5.3) 46.9 (4.8) 0.8 (0.2, 1.5)
VO2 (ml·kg-1·min-1) <0.0001ab
    Control 32.3 (5.0) 31.4 (5.3) -0.9 (-1.9, 0.1)
        Male 34.3 (5.8) 33.0 (6.4) -1.3 (-3.2, 0.5)
        Female 30.2 (3.3) 29.8 (3.7) -0.4 (-1.6, 0.7)
    400 kcal 33.4 (6.5) 39.4 (7.9) 5.9 (4.6, 7.2)
        Male 37.1 (6.5) 42.9 (8.0) 5.8 (4.2, 7.3)
        Female 29.8 (4.1) 35.9 (6.2) 6.1 (3.8, 8.3)
    600 kcal 34.1 (5.7) 40.8 (7.2) 6.7 (5.3, 8.1)
        Male 36.4 (6.4) 44.2 (7.6) 7.8 (5.4, 10.2)
        Female 31.6 (3.8) 37.2 (4.7) 5.6 (4.2, 7.1)
VO2 (L·min-1) <0.0001ab
    Control 2.8 (0.6) 2.7 (0.5) -0.1 (-0.1, 0.0 )
        Male 3.2 (0.4) 3.1 (0.4) -0.1 (-0.2, 0.0)
        Female 2.4 (0.2) 2.3 (0.3) -0.0 (-0.1, 0.1)
    400 kcal 3.0 (0.7) 3.4 (0.8) 0.3 (0.2, 0.4)
        Male 3.6 (0.5) 4.0 (0.5) 0.4 (0.3, 0.5)
        Female 2.5 (0.4) 2.7 (0.5) 0.2 (0.0, 0.5)
    600 kcal 3.1 (0.8) 3.5 (0.9) 0.4 (0.3, 0.5)
        Male 3.7 (0.7) 4.2 (0.7) 0.6 (0.4, 0.7)
        Female 2.5 (0.3) 2.8 (0.3) 0.3 (0.2, 0.4)

Note.

a

Indicates 400 kcal/session group differs from control group.

b

Indicates 600 kcal/session group differs from control group. 400 kcal/session and 600 kcal/session were not different (all p > 0.05). No gender effect or group-gender interaction (all p > 0.05).