Table 1.
Baseline Participant Characteristics (Mean ± SD) for Three Training Groups: Weight Gain (WG), Weight Maintenance (WM) and Weight Loss (WL).
| WG | WM | WL | p valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight (kg) | 99.1 ± 14.5 | 109.5 ± 10.6 | 112.0 ± 12.1 | .074 |
| Height (cm) | 185.9 ± 9.9 | 187.3 ± 6.7 | 185.3 ± 3.2 | .865 |
| Sum of 8 skinfolds (mm) | 64.2 ± 14.6 | 71.0 ± 15.2 | 97.9 ± 32.5b | .020 |
| Age (years) | 23.4 ± 3.1 | 24.6 ± 1.8 | 23.6 ± 2.3 | .549 |
| Number of forwards | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Number of backs | 4 | 4 | 1 |
a
Result of one-way ANOVA, if results were significantly different (p < .05), a post hoc analysis was used to determine nature of difference.
b
Significantly different (p < .05) to WL group.