. 2018 Jul 19;18(Suppl 1):93. doi: 10.1186/s12905-018-0592-2

Table 3.

Body composition and blood pressure changes between baseline and after 6 months intervention, and between 6 month and 12 months

Intervention Phase (Baseline to 6-month)				Maintenance Phase (6-month to 12-month)
Outcome measures	INTERVENTION (n = 83)	CONTROL (n = 66)	Between group difference ^b	INTERVENTION (n = 65)	CONTROL (n = 56)	Between group difference ^b
Outcome measures	Changes within group ^a		Between group difference ^b	Changes within group ^a		Between group difference ^b
	Mean difference (95% CI)	Mean difference (95% CI)		Mean difference (95% CI)	Mean difference (95% CI)
Body fat mass (kg)	−1.20	−1.14	0.892	0.48	0.59	0.764
	(−1.76, −0.64)	(− 1.68, − 0.60)		(0.07, 0.89)	(− 0.02, 1.19)
	< 0.001^**	< 0.001^**		0.022	0.058
Body fat percentage (%)	−1.41	−0.79	0.226	0.53	0.35	0.751
	(−2.25, −0.57)	(−1.22, − 0.36)		(− 0.41, 1.47)	(− 0.19, 0.88)
	0.001^*	0.001^*		0.267	0.196
Skeletal muscle mass (kg)	0.05	−0.14	0.202	0.32	0.00	0.016^*
	(−0.18, 0.28)	(−0.30, 0.02)		(0.17, 0.47)	(−0.23, 0.23)
	0.646	0.096		< 0.001^**	0.988
Visceral fat area (cm²)	− 4.41	− 4.57	0.909	2.01	1.56	0.712
	(−6.06, −2.76)	(−6.82, −2.31)		(0.51, 3.51)	(−0.44, 3.55)
	< 0.001^**	< 0.001^**		0.010^*	0.123
Systolic BP (mmHg)	−6.81	−7.95	0.629	−1.55	−1.60	0.751
	(−9.72, −3.90)	(−11.69, −4.20)		(−4.22, 1.13)	(−5.12, 1.93)
	< 0.001^**	< 0.001^**		0.252	0.368
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	−1.71	−1.73	0.993	−1.52	−1.24	0.981
	(−3.71, 0.28)	(−4.12, 0.67)		(−3.49, 0.46)	(− 4.05, 1.56)
	0.092	0.155		0.129	0.379

Mean differences within group are in mean (95% CI), a negative change indicates a fall in average from baseline to 6 months

P-value: ^*p < 0.01, ^**p < 0.001

^aChanges of body composition variables during intervention or maintenance phase analysed using paired t- test

^bDifference of changes of body composition between intervention and control group measured using ANOVA