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. 2018 Sep 7;15(9):1951. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15091951

Table 3.

Body composition results of bioimpedance analysis before and after Nordic Walking training (mean ± SD).

Dose High-Intensity Interval Training Moderate-Intensity Continues Training
Before After Cohen’s d Before After Cohen’s d
Mean ± SD 95% CI Mean ± SD 95% CI Mean ± SD 95% CI Mean ± SD 95% CI
Body Mass (kg)
LD 67.78 ± 4.52 58.84–76.71 67.41 ± 11.79 57.56–77.27 0.04 73.47 ± 14.17 64.46–82.47 72.47 ± 14.58 63.21–81.73 0.06
HD 65.73 ± 4.51 60.99–70.47 65.63 ± 5.40 59.97–71.30 0.02 70.09 ± 10.16 63.95–76.24 70.60 ± 10.21 64.43–76.77 0.05
Fat Mass (%)
LD 32.44 ± 5.42 27.91–36.97 32.23 ± 6.09 27.13–37.32 0.04 39.45 ± 7.36 34.77–44.12 39.79 ± 7.93 34.75–44.83 0.04
HD 30.14 ± 6.38 23.44–36.83 30.52 ± 7.19 22.97–38.07 0.06 36.83 ± 5.88 33.28–40.38 35.59 ± 6.22 31.83–39.35 0.20
Mineral Mass (kg)
LD 3.21 ± 0.31 2.95–3.47 3.22 ± 0.35 2.92–3.51 0.03 3.05 ± 0.51 2.73–3.38 2.98 ± 0.35 2.76–3.20 0.16
HD 3.19 ± 0.29 2.88–3.50 3.20 ± 0.13 2.87–3.54 0.04 3.15 ± 0.28 2.98–3.33 3.24 ± 0.26 3.09–3.41 0.33
Skeletal Muscle Mass (kg)
LD 24.67 ± 2.73 22.38–26.95 24.72 ± 3.13 22.11–27.33 0.02 23.82 ± 4.17 21.17–26.47 23.28 ± 3.32 21.17–25.39 0.14
HD 24.86 ± 2.47 22.27–27.44 24.89 ± 3.19 21.55–28.24 0.01 23.65 ± 2.16 22.34–24.95 24.69 ± 2.30 23.29–26.08 0.47
Arm Lean Mass (kg)
LD 2.33 ± 0.37 2.02–2.64 2.35 ± 0.39 2.03–2.68 0.05 2.35 ± 0.55 1.99–2.69 2.29 ± 0.47 1.99–2.59 0.11
HD 2.34 ± 0.25 2.08–2.59 2.34 ± 0.37 1.95–2.73 0.01 2.26 ± 0.27 2.09–2.43 2.37 ± 0.32 2.17–2.56 0.27
Leg Lean Mass (kg)
LD 6.94 ± 0.90 6.18–7.69 6.87 ± 0.99 6.04–7.69 0.07 6.65 ± 1.21 5.87–7.41 6.46 ± 0.97 5.84–7.07 0.17
HD 7.05 ± 0.88 6.13–7.97 7.06 ± 1.07 5.94–8.19 0.01 6.66 ± 0.81 6.17–7.15 6.95 ± 0.73 * 6.51–7.39 0.38

LD: Vitamin D3 dose of 800 IU/day, HD: Vitamin D3 dose of 4000 IU/day; * significant difference before and after particular training at p < 0.025.