Table 3.

Body composition before and after the 11 week intervention period

	Vitamin C and E group			Placebo group
	Pre	Post	Change, %	Pre	Post	Change, %	P-value*
Body mass (kg)	73.9 ± 14.2	73.1 ± 13.7†	−1.0 ± 2.0‡	70.2 ± 11.8	69.5 ± 12.5	−1.1 ± 2.8	0.856
Fat mass (kg)	15.5 ± 7.1	14.6 ± 6.8†	−5.3 ± 8.9‡	12.6 ± 5.8	12.2 ± 5.9	−3.3 ± 12.1	0.497
Fat%	20.8 ± 8.2	19.8 ± 7.9†	−4.6 ± 7.7‡	18.1 ± 7.1	17.6 ± 7.2	−2.0 ± 11.0	0.324
Muscle mass (kg)	32.9 ± 7.2	33.0 ± 7.1	0.4 ± 2.2	32.4 ± 6.6	32.3 ± 6.8	−0.4 ± 2.6	0.206

Values are mean ± s.d.

^*P-values for between-group differences in percentage change. Within-group changes:

^†P < 0.05;

^‡P < 0.01.