Table 3.
Body composition results by step group.
| 10,000-step group (n = 34) | 12,500-step group (n = 34) | 15,000-step group (n = 24) | F | P | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | |||||||||
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.5 | 2.7 | 23.9∗ | 2.2 | 22.7 | 2.1 | 23.2 | 2.2 | 23.2 | 2.6 | 23.7 | 2.0 | 0.15 | 0.857 |
| Body fat % | 34.1 | 5.3 | 34.0 | 4.5 | 32.7 | 4.4 | 33.1 | 4.1 | 32.9 | 5.2 | 33.5 | 3.9 | 0.92 | 0.401 |
| Total mass (kg) | 65.0 | 7.6 | 66.3∗ | 5.8 | 61.5 | 6.8 | 63.0∗ | 6.8 | 63.6 | 8.2 | 65.3∗ | 7.1 | 0.27 | 0.762 |
| Total fat mass (kg) | 22.4 | 5.8 | 22.8 | 4.7 | 20.2 | 4.1 | 21.0∗ | 3.9 | 21.2 | 5.3 | 22.0∗ | 4.2 | 0.66 | 0.519 |
| Total lean mass (kg) | 40.2 | 3.1 | 41.0∗ | 2.8 | 38.8 | 4.1 | 39.7∗ | 4.2 | 40.0 | 4.3 | 40.8∗ | 4.1 | 0.07 | 0.933 |
| VAT mass (g) | 153.0 | 131.0 | 154.1 | 149.2 | 118.3 | 94.6 | 128.0 | 128.4 | 154.0 | 112.2 | 167.8 | 108.7 | 0.46 | 0.634 |
| VAT volume (cm3) | 162.2 | 148.4 | 163.3 | 158.1 | 125.4 | 100.2 | 135.7 | 136.1 | 163.2 | 119.0 | 177.8 | 115.2 | 0.46 | 0.634 |
Notes. F and P values refer to the period-by-step-group interaction. ∗There was a significant main effect for period. Baseline means are different from follow-up (P < 0.05). There were no baseline differences between groups. There were no follow-up differences between groups.