Table 1.

Physical characteristics of women before and after the interventions.

	Weight Loss (n=10)		Aerobic Exercise + Weight Loss (n=15)
	Before	After	Before	After
Age (years)	52 ± 2	_____	54 ± 2	_____
Weight (kg)	88.3 ± 3.3	82.6 ± 3.2‡	83.8 ± 2.6	77.6 ± 2.8‡
BMI (kg/m2)	32.4 ± 1.2	30.8 ± 1.3*	32.2 ± 0.8	29.8 ± 1.0‡
Waist circumference (cm)	95.6 ± 3.6	90.3 ± 2.9†	93.4 ± 2.2	88.2 ± 2.2†
Hip circumference (cm)	116.2 ± 2.5	108.8 ± 2.2†	110.5 ± 1.2	106.0 ± 2.0†
WHR	0.82 ± 0.02	0.81 ± 0.01	0.84 ± 0.02	0.83 ± 0.02
Percent body fat	45.8 ± 1.3	42.9 ± 1.9†	45.5 ± 1.4	41.9 ± 1.9†
Fat mass (kg)	40.4 ± 2.2	35.8 ± 2.7‡	37.6 ± 2.3	32.2 ± 2.6‡
Fat-free mass (kg)	47.3 ± 1.3	46.5 ± 1.0	46.1 ± 2.5	43.3 ± 1.3
RMR (kcal)	1573 ± 37	1433 ± 52*	1602 ± 46	1479 ± 52†
VO2max (ml/kg/min)	21.0 ± 1.3	22.7 ± 1.7	20.6 ± 1.1	24.9 ± 1.5‡
VO2max (l/min)	1.85 ± 0.06	1.84 ± 0.08	1.72 ± 0.09	1.92 ± 0.09‡
Mid-thigh muscle area (cm2)	89.5 ±6.3	89.9 ± 4.1	85.2 ± 3.1	83.7 ± 3.4
Mid-thigh subcutaneous fat area (cm2)	171.2 ± 16.3	146.6 ± 11.6	185.8 ± 16.1	152.2 ± 13.9†
Mid-thigh low density lean tissue (cm2)	15.5 ± 1.6	16.1 ± 1.2	16.5 ± 2.0	16.6 ± 1.4

Values are means ± SEM. Significantly different before vs. after the intervention:

^*p<0.05;

^†p<0.01;

^‡P<0.0001.