Table 3.

Change in weight, body composition, anthropometrics and fitness

						P‐values
Outcome	Group	Baseline	12 weeks	Change	Group	Time	Group × Time
Weight (kg)	STEP (n = 17)	87.7 ± 14.7	82.3 ± 14.1	−5.3 ± 3.6	0.81	<0.001	0.36
	UNSUP‐PA (n = 16)	86.8 ± 13.1	81.6 ± 11.8	−5.1 ± 3.3
	SUP‐PA (n = 16)	84.0 ± 13.7	80.1 ± 13.2	−3.8 ± 3.0
Percent weight change (%)	STEP (n = 17)			−6.0 ± 4.0	0.43
	UNSUP‐PA (n = 16)			−5.8 ± 3.6
	SUP‐PA (n = 16)			−4.5 ± 3.5
Fat mass (kg)	STEP (n = 17)	33.7 ± 6.3	29.6 ± 6.2	−4.1 ± 2.4
	UNSUP‐PA (n = 16)	35.4 ± 7.6	31.3 ± 8.2	−4.0 ± 2.8	0.77	<0.001	0.95
	SUP‐PA (n = 15)	34.6 ± 6.7	30.8 ± 6.4	−3.8 ± 2.8
Fat free mass (kg)	STEP (n = 17)	50.9 ± 10.5	49.7 ± 10.5	−1.2 ± 1.7	0.69	<0.001	0.06
	UNSUP‐PA (n = 16)	48.2 ± 9.9	47.2 ± 9.3	−1.0 ± 1.1
	SUP‐PA (n = 15)	47.3 ± 11.1	47.3 ± 11.2	−0.1 ± 1.4
Total body fat (%)	STEP (n = 17)	38.7 ± 4.6	36.2 ± 5.6	−2.5 ± 2.1	0.49	<0.001	0.96
	UNSUP‐PA (n = 16)	41.1 ± 6.9	38.5 ± 8.4	−2.6 ± 2.3
	SUP‐PA (n = 15)	41.2 ± 6.8	38.5 ± 7.2	−2.7 ± 2.2
Waist circumference (cm)	STEP (n = 17)	100.1 ± 9.6	94.6 ± 8.4	−5.5 ± 5.8	0.68	<0.001	0.32
	UNSUP‐PA (n = 16)	101.8 ± 6.8	97.9 ± 8.3	−3.9 ± 5.6
	SUP‐PA (n = 15)	101.8 ± 9.2	94.7 ± 9.3	−7.0 ± 5.9
Hip circumference (cm)	STEP (n = 17)	109.5 ± 8.8	105.3 ± 7.1	−4.2 ± 3.9	0.67	<0.001	0.65
	UNSUP‐PA (n = 16)	109.8 ± 6.5	105.7 ± 7.3	−4.0 ± 2.7
	SUP‐PA (n = 15)	111.3 ± 9.2	108.1 ± 8.1	−3.2 ± 3.2
Peak VO2 (mL kg·min−1)	STEP (n = 17)	27.9 ± 5.5	29.2 ± 6.0	1.3 ± 2.4	0.26	<0.001	0.01
	UNSUP‐PA (n = 16)	23.9 ± 4.5	27.7 ± 5.7	3.8 ± 3.2
	SUP‐PA (n = 16)	24.4 ± 4.2	28.2 ± 4.9	3.8 ± 1.6
Peak VO2 (L·min−1)	STEP (n = 17)	2.43 ± 0.56	2.39 ± 0.60	−0.04 ± 0.19	0.44	<0.001	<0.01
	UNSUP‐PA (n = 16)	2.08 ± 0.52	2.25 ± 0.54	0.17 ± 0.24
	SUP‐PA (n = 16)	2.09 ± 0.59	2.31 ± 0.71	0.22 ± 0.23