Table 4.
2007-2013 body composition study results summary
| Measure | No. of studies | N |
Baseline |
Post-intervention |
Change |
P | |||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | 95%CI | ||||
| Body composition | |||||||||
| Body mass (kg) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 10 | 550 | 74.66 | 3.94 | 74.25 | 3.84 | -0.41 | -0.38 to 1.20 | 0.268 |
| Control | 9 | 527 | 73.59 | 4.63 | 74.72 | 4.69 | +1.13 | -2.35 to 0.09 | 0.065 |
| Fat mass (kg) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 262 | 25.73 | - | 26.43 | - | +0.70 | - | - |
| Control | 1 | 236 | 24.45 | - | 25.12 | - | +0.67 | - | - |
| Body fat (%) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 13 | 609 | 38.00 | 5.03 | 37.15 | 5.80 | -0.85 | 0.06 to 1.64 | 0.037 |
| Control | 11 | 536 | 38.50 | 4.41 | 39.00 | 4.12 | +0.50 | -0.84 to -0.16 | 0.009 |
| Lean body mass (kg) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 3 | 330 | 43.91 | 0.32 | 44.29 | 0.31 | +0.38 | -0.45 to -0.31 | 0.002 |
| Control | 3 | 308 | 43.45 | 0.37 | 43.27 | 0.56 | -0.18 | -0.49 to 0.87 | 0.358 |
| Lean body mass (%) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 10 | 71.00 | - | 74.10 | - | +3.10 | - | - |
| Control | 1 | 10 | 69.10 | - | 68.90 | - | -0.20 | - | - |