Table 5.
ANCOVA adjustments for the secondary outcomes on HIICT, MICT and CG.
| Group | n (ITT) | n (Treated) | Increment | ANCOVA Interactions (F, p, ES η²) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Training × Group | Training × Baseline | Training × Age | |||||||||
| F | p | ES η² | F | p | ES η² | F | p | ES η² | |||||
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | |||||||||||||
| CG | 18 | 12 | 0.30 | −0.05 | 6.99 | 0.002 2 | 0.215 | 3.02 | 0.088 | 0.046 | 0.217 | 0.643 | 0.003 |
| MICT | 18 | 12 | −0.10 | 1.47 | |||||||||
| HIICT | 18 | 17 | −0.30 | 0.47 | |||||||||
| Right Handgrip Strength (kg) | |||||||||||||
| CG | 18 | 12 | 0.60 | −0.86 | 0.881 | 0.420 | 0.033 | 9.72 | 3.02 × 10−3 | 0.155 | 1.45 | 0.233 | 0.028 |
| MICT | 18 | 12 | −0.40 | 0.49 | |||||||||
| HIICT | 18 | 17 | 0.60 | −0.68 | |||||||||
| Left Handgrip Strength (kg) | |||||||||||||
| CG | 18 | 12 | 0.90 | 0.04 | 1.46 | 0.243 | 0.054 | 1.39 | 0.244 | 0.026 | 1.13 | 0.293 | 0.021 |
| MICT | 18 | 12 | −0.20 | 0.74 | |||||||||
| HIICT | 18 | 17 | 0.60 | 0.87 | |||||||||
| Heart Rate during 6-Minute Walking Test (bpm) | |||||||||||||
| CG | 18 | 12 | −3 | −9.50 | 1 | 0.375 | 0.038 | 13.39 | 6.08 × 10−4 | 0.197 | 1.74 | 0.193 | 0.032 |
| MICT | 18 | 12 | 2 | 0.30 | |||||||||
| HIICT | 18 | 17 | 6 | 33.90 | |||||||||
ITT—Intention to treat; SD—Standard deviation; ANCOVA—Covariance analysis; F—estimated variance; CG—Control Group; MICT—Moderate-Intensity Circuit Training; HIICT—High-Intensity Interval Circuit Training. 2 Denotes significant differences in HIICT compared to CG; Statistically significant differences at p ≤ 0.05 are given in bold.