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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 Nov;25(11):1823–1829. doi: 10.1002/oby.21977

Table 2.

Overall intervention effects on body composition measures, adjusted for baseline value of the outcome, treatment group, gender, time, and treatment group by time interaction.

Body Mass and Composition Measures WL
(n=81)
WL+AT
(n=86)
WL+RT
(n=80)
p-value
Overall WL+AT vs. WL WL+RT vs. WL WL+AT vs. WL+RT
Body Mass (kg) 88.6 (87.2, 90.0) 85.9 (84.4, 87.3) 85.6 (84.3, 87.0) <.0001 0.0002 <.0001 0.7473
 Δ 6 Months −6.2 (−7.9, −4.5) −7.9 (−9.6, −6.34) −8.5 (−10.2, −6.9)
 Δ 18 Months −5.3 (−7.1, −3.5) −9.1 (−10.9, −7.3) −8.9 (−10.7, −7.2)
Fat Mass (kg) 37.6 (36.5, 38.7) 35.5 (34.4, 36.6) 34.5 (33.4, 35.6) <.0001 0.0006 <.0001 0.0911
 Δ 6 Months −5.1 (−6.5, −3.7) −6.4 (−7.7, −5.1) −7.8 (−9.1, −6.5)
 Δ 18 Months −4.4 (−5.8, −3.0) −7.3 (−8.7, −5.9) −7.9 (−9.2, −6.5)
Fat Mass (%) 42.6 6 (41.9, 43.3) 41.1 (40.4, 41.8) 40.0 (39.4, 40.7) <.0001 0.0003 <.0001 0.0092
 Δ 6 Months −6.0 (−8.2, −3.8) −8.2 (−10.3, −6.1) −11.2 (−13.3, −9.1)
 Δ 18 Months −4.4 (−7.1, −2.5) −9.9 (−12.2, −7.6) −11.3 (−13.5, −9.1)
Lean Mass (kg) 48.4 (47.9, 48.9) 47.8 (47.2, 48.3) 48.5 (48.0, 49.0) <.0001 0.0046 0.6011 0.0006
 Δ 6 Months −1.1 (−1.7, −05) −1.5 (−2.1, −0.9) −0.7 (−1.2, −0.1)
 Δ 18 Months −0.9 (−1.5, −0.2) −1.7 (−2.3, −1.1) −1.2 (−1.6, −0.4)
Lean Mass (%) 54.5 (53.8, 55.1) 55.8 (55.2, 56.5) 56.9 (56.2, 57.5) <.0001 0.0004 <.0001 0.0066
 Δ 6 Months 4.7 (3.1, 6.3) 6.3 (4.7, 7.7) 8.9 (7.4, 10.5)
 Δ 18 Months 4.2 (2.5, 5.8) 7.7 (6.1, 9.4) 9.1 (7.5, 10.7)
Appendicular Lean Mass (kg) 22.3 (21.9, 22.8) 21.9 (21.5, 22.3) 22.3 (21.9, 22.7) <.0001 0.0182 0.8320 0.0263
 Δ 6 Months −0.7 (−1.2, −0.3) −1.1 (−1.5, −0.6) −0.7 (−1.1, −0.2)
 Δ 18 Months −0.7 (−1.1, −0.2) −1.1 (−1.6, −0.6) −0.8 (−1.2, −0.3)
Appendicular Fat Mass (kg) 15.5 (15.1, 15.9) 14.9 (14.5, 15.3) 14.3 (13.9, 14.7) <.0001 0.0062 <.0001 0.0166
 Δ 6 Months −1.8 (−2.3, −1.3) −2.2 (−2.7, −1.7) −3.0 (−3.5, −2.5)
 Δ 18 Months −1.7 (−2.2, −1.1) −2.6 (−3.1, −2.0) −2.9 (−3.4, −2.4)
Trunk Fat Mass (kg) 21.1 (20.3, 21.8) 19.6 (18.9, 20.3) 19.2 (18.5, 19.9) <.0001 0.0003 <.0001 0.3173
 Δ 6 Months −3.3 (−4.2, −2.4) −4.2 (−5.0, −3.3) −4.8 (−5.7, −3.9)
 Δ 18 Months −2.7 (−3.7, −1.8) −4.8 (−5.7, −3.8) −4.9 (−5.8, −4.0)

Data are presented as mean (95% confidence interval). WL=weight loss; AT=aerobic training; RT=resistance training; kg=kilograms; %=percent.