Table.

Body composition of participants at baseline and after a 20-week diet-only or diet-plus-exercise intervention for postmenopausal women^a

	Total (n=70)	DIETb (n=24)	LOEXc (n=24)	HIEXd (n=22)
	mean±standard deviation
Body mass index e
Baseline	33.0±3.6	33.2±3.8	33.3±3.2	32.5±4.0
Postintervention	29.0±3.4	29.3±3.5	28.9±3.2	28.7±3.5
Total mass (kg)
Baseline	91.4 ± 11.1	92.9±10.2	90.6±8.8	90.8±14.2
Postintervention	79.9±10.4	81.3 ±10.1	78.3±8.9	79.5±12.2
Total lean mass (kg)
Baseline	52.7±5.6	53.9±5.2	52.4±5.1	51.9±6.5
Postintervention	49.0±5.5	49.8±5.4	48.6±5.2	48.6±6.1
Appendicular lean mass (kg)
Baseline	23.0±3.1	23.7±3.0	22.6±2.8	22.8±3.6
Postintervention	21.2±2.9	21.7±3.0	20.8±2.7	21.1 ±3.2
Total fat mass (kg)
Baseline	38.7±6.7	39.0±6.7	38.2 ±5.3	38.9±8.3
Postintervention	30.7±6.3	31.4±6.6	29.7±5.8	30.9±6.8
Body fat (%)
Baseline	42.1 ±3.3	41.8±3.7	42.1 ±3.1	42.6±3.0
Postintervention	38.2 ±4.1	38.4±4.5	37.7±4.5	38.6±3.4

^aNo significant differences at P<0.05 across intervention groups.

^bDIET=hypocaloric diet only.

^cLOEX=hypocaloric diet plus low-intensity exercise.

^dHIEX=hypocaloric diet plus high-intensity exercise.

^eCalculated as kg/m².