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. 2014 Aug 21;13:88. doi: 10.1186/s40200-014-0088-z

Table 3.

Body composition parameters at baseline and 24 week by sex

Female Male
Week 0 (n = 30) Week 24 (n = 27) P-value Week 0 (n = 21) Week 24 (n = 14) P-value
Android fat mass (kg) 2.80 ± 0.77 2.63 ± 0.78 0.03 2.35 ± 0.79 2.04 ± 0.78 0.001
Gynoid fat mass (kg) 4.60 ± 1.02 4.42 ± 1.02 0.02 3.37 ± 0.83 3.11 ± 0.90 0.004
AndroidfatmassGynoidfatmass 0.61 ± 0.12 0.60 ± 0.13 0.45 0.70 ± 0.16 0.65 ± 0.12 0.015
Trunk/limb fat 1.02 ± 0.15 1.01 ± 0.15 0.47 1.21 ± 0.27 1.18 ± 0.24 0.25
Fat mass/h2 (kg/m2) 12.45 ± 3.1 11.88 ± 2.98 0.027 7.68 ± 2.1 7.11 ± 2.03 0.022
Appendicular lean mass/h2 (kg/m2) 7.49 ± 0.91 7.18 ± 1.03 0.006 8.75 ± 0.74 8.70 ± 0.92 0.38
Appendicular lean mass/W 0.24 ± 0.02 0.24 ± 0.02 0.29 0.31 ± 0.02 0.32 ± 0.02 0.69
SMI 0.03 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 0.6 0.038 ± 0.001 0.039 ± 0.001 0.005
Total fat mass (kg) 29.91 ± 6.91 28.68 ± 6.58 0.015 21.88 ± 5.87 20.12 ± 6.00 0.003
Percentage of Fat (%) 43.03 ± 5.35 41.54 ± 5.77 0.000 27.11 ± 3.61 25.82 ± 4.90 0.08
Total lean mass (kg) 41.95 ± 4.86 40.79 ± 5.12 0.014 53.6 ± 6.59 52.67 ± 7.60 0.17
Lean/Fat ratio 1.45 ± 0.31 1.48 ± 0.33 0.65 2.60 ± 0.69 2.8 ± 0.71 0.041

Paired t-test and Wilcoxon test was used.

h2: Height Squared

W: Weight

SMI: Skeletal Muscle Index