Figure 3.
Changes (Δ) in body mass index by treatments. SE: Spirulina and exercise; Ex: Exercise and placebo; Sm: Spirulina without exercise; C: Control (Placebo without exercise); BMI: Body mass index. Data presented as box and whisker plots of the median (horizontal line), upper and lower quartiles (box) maximum and minimum (error bars). Different letters indicate statistical difference between treatments (p < 0.05), Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn’s post-hoc for changes in BMI of obese and dyslipidemic, ANOVA test for changes in BMI of overweight subjects.
