Table 1.

Characteristics at baseline (mean ± SD).

Variable	Male		Female
	Overweight	Obese	Overweight	Obese
Age (year)	36.3 ± 8.0	38.6 ± 7.5	33.3 ± 8.5	38.4 ± 7.7
Body weight (kg)	87.5 ± 6.9	101.2 ± 7.9**	73.5 ± 5.8	86.3 ± 8.5**
Height (cm)	175.3 ± 6.4	176.7 ± 5.9	162.0 ± 6.1	163.0 ± 7.0
Body mass index (kg/m2)	28.4 ± 1.1	32.4 ± 1.9**	28.0 ± 1.3	32.4 ± 1.9**
Percentage fat (%)	33.7 ± 4.6	38.2 ± 4.0**	43.3 ± 3.7	47.1 ± 3.6**
Lean body mass (kg)	55.7 ± 5.5	59.8 ± 5.0*	40.3 ± 4.2	44.1 ± 4.7**
Fat mass (kg)	28.5 ± 5.2	37.2 ± 5.8**	30.7 ± 3.7	39.5 ± 6.5**
VO2peak (L/min)	3.2 ± 0.6	3.6 ± 0.6**	2.0 ± 0.3	2.5 ± 0.4**
VO2peak (mL/kg/min)	36.5 ± 1.1	36.1 ± 0.8	27.7 ± 0.5	28.2 ± 0.5

^*p < 0.05, **p < 0.001, compared with overweight.