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Table 2. Intramyocellular lipid.

Variable	EUCALORIC GROUP		HYPOCALORIC GROUP
Variable	Pre-Intervention	Post-Intervention	Pre-Intervention	Post-Intervention

LAI %	3.91 ± 0.58	2.98 ± 0.38 ^*	3.85 ± 0.60	2.46 ± 0.30 ^*
IMCL area μm²	243.9 ± 29.5	176.3 ± 14.0 ^*	229.8 ± 34.9	165.6 ± 17.8 ^*
Fiber area μm²	6586.0 ± 539.0	6144.0 ± 420.2	6116.0 ± 376.2	6855.0 ± 389.3

Study groups are described in Table 1. IMCL is intramuscular lipid. LAI is the lipid accumulation index, i.e. the mean percentage area of an individual skeletal muscle fiber that stains for lipid.

represents a statistically significant difference from the Pre-Intervention value (P < 0.05). Data represents mean ± S.E.M.