Table 2.

Values of body mass and body mass index (BMI) before and after 8 and 16 wks of aerobic (AT) and strength (ST) training of overweight females (mean ± SD).

	Before	8th wk	16th wk	Significance of differences (P values)
	1	2	3
Group AT (n = 14)
Body mass (kg)	78.4 ± 2.3	75.7 ± 1.8	73.4 ± 1.7	1–2 (0.0019); 2–3 (0.0018);
BMI (kg·m−2)	30.2 ± 1.8	29.2 ± 1.6	28.3 ± 1.5	1–2 (0.0454); 2–3 (0.0458)
Group ST (n = 15)
Body mass (kg)	77.9 ± 2.4	77.3 ± 2.0	73.8 ± 1.8	2–3 (0.0000)
BMI (kg·m−2)	29.8 ± 1.7	29.6 ± 1.5	28.1 ± 1.4	2–3 (0.0085)