Table 2.

Median, interquartile deviation (IQD), Mann-Whitney test (U) value, and comparison test between the control group (CG, n = 9) and the intervention group (IG, n = 10) after 10 sessions of intervention.

	Variable	Group	Median	IQD	U	p
Ultrasound (mm)	Subcutaneous fat above the navel	Intervention	−1.2	1.11	35.5	NS
		Control	−0.9	1.08
	Visceral fat above the navel	Intervention	−1.8	0.78	32.5	NS
		Control	−0.8	1.08
	Below the navel	Intervention	−2.9	1.73	43	NS
		Control	−3	1.53
	Right ASIS	Intervention	−0.5	0.88	42.5	NS
		Control	−0.7	0.43
	Left ASIS	Intervention	−0.6	0.69	21.50	0.045
		Control	0.1	0.45
Skinfold measurement (mm)	Suprailiac	Intervention	−0.2	0.15	23	NS
		Control	−0.06	0.1
	Vertical abdominal	Intervention	−0.04	0.15	37	NS
		Control	−0.1	0.05
	Horizontal abdominal	Intervention	−0.15	0.16	35.5	NS
		Control	−0.07	0.08
	% Body fat	Intervention	−1.43	1.92	43	NS
		Control	−1.87	1.19
Perimeter (cm)	Waist	Intervention	−1.68	1.42	32	NS
		Control	0.87	0.91
	Above the iliac crests	Intervention	−0.02	0.67	17	0.022
		Control	1.8	1.1
	Most prominent abdominal point	Intervention	−0.53	0.87	37	NS
		Control	−0.53	0.38
	Waist to hip ratio	Intervention	−0.01	0.02	30	NS
		Control	−0.002	0.01

ASIS, anterior superior iliac spine; NS, not significant.