[Table/Fig-3]:
Pre and post–study body composition score
| Parameter | Paired samples statistics | Paired samples test | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual scores : (in mm) | Pre- study weight | Post- study weight | Paired differences | t- value | p-value | |||||
| Mean | SD | SEM | Mean | SD | SEM | Mean | SD | |||
| a) Triceps | 26.490 | 3.685 | 0.521 | 25.316 | 3.780 | 0.534 | 1.174 | 0.6945 | 11.953 | 0.000* |
| b)Abdomen | 26.632 | 3.634 | 0.514 | 25.780 | 3.563 | 0.504 | 0852 | 0.979 | 6.151 | 0.000* |
| c) Thigh | 26.504 | 3.616 | 0.511 | 25.482 | 3.698 | 0.523 | 1.022 | 0.541 | 13.347 | 0.000* |
| Total Score (in mm) | 79.626 | 10.385 | 1.468 | 76.578 | 10.477 | 1.481 | 3.048 | 1.687 | 12.774 | 0.000* |
* (p<0.01) (highly significant statistically)