. 2019 Oct 11;29(2):265–273. doi: 10.1007/s10068-019-00649-x

Table 5.

Body composition of the SGE and placebo groups measured at 0 and 12 weeks

	Placebo group (n = 40)			SGE group (n = 40)			p value^b
	0 weeks	12 weeks	p value^a	0 weeks	12 weeks	p value^a	p value^b
Left arm
BFM (g)	1917.32 ± 412.52	2078.81 ± 464.39	0.061	2097.74 ± 620.98	1956.16 ± 513.48	0.128	0.018
%BF (%)	48.89 ± 5.13	50.03 ± 5.10	0.152	48.75 ± 5.44	47.48 ± 5.22	0.175	0.051
Right arm
BFM (g)	1924.77 ± 436.18	2123.56 ± 434.24	0.037	2232.97 ± 650.45	2141.61 ± 462.15	0.370	0.030
%BF (%)	47.74 ± 5.55	49.69 ± 4.97	0.028	48.47 ± 6.25	47.78 ± 5.19	0.761	0.057
Arms
BFM (g)	3842.10 ± 821.24	4202.36 ± 815.95	0.032	4330.70 ± 1227.26	4097.78 ± 912.90	0.152	0.012
%BF (%)	48.31 ± 5.19	49.91 ± 4.74	0.038	48.62 ± 5.68	47.68 ± 4.99	0.369	0.035
Left leg
BFM (g)	4263.87 ± 605.54	4332.63 ± 704.42	0.387	4236.16 ± 972.15	4168.19 ± 861.00	0.803	0.482
%BF (%)	39.11 ± 4.28	39.49 ± 4.35	0.637	37.94 ± 4.63	37.04 ± 4.50	0.208	0.196
Right leg
BFM (g)	4228.89 ± 598.57	4282.86 ± 649.93	0.673	4195.00 ± 828.49	4119.52 ± 858.06	0.612	0.508
%BF (%)	38.93 ± 4.24	39.22 ± 4.52	0.892	37.61 ± 4.55	36.86 ± 4.58	0.350	0.416
Legs
BFM (g)	8492.76 ± 1177.18	8615.49 ± 1323.37	0.473	8431.15 ± 1784.98	8287.72 ± 1693.84	0.697	0.465
%BF (%)	39.02 ± 4.21	39.36 ± 4.34	0.769	37.77 ± 4.54	37.76 ± 3.34	0.266	0.285
Trunk
BFM (g)	13,001.13 ± 2347.47	12,361.88 ± 2053.55	0.001	12,636.05 ± 2503.77	11,865.17 ± 2689.20	0.023	0.905
%BF (%)	38.44 ± 5.43	36.54 ± 4.58	0.005	37.03 ± 4.70	35.19 ± 5.56	0.013	0.598
Total
BFM (g)	26,181.26 ± 3419.68	25,980.46 ± 3119.89	0.200	26,307.39 ± 4661.40	25,127.44 ± 4473.13	0.026	0.286
%BF (%)	38.93 ± 4.02	38.43 ± 3.54	0.067	38.00 ± 3.86	36.69 ± 4.12	0.020	0.629

Values are presented as mean ± SD

BFM body fat mass, %BF percent body fat

^aAnalyzed by a linear mixed model (differences within a group)

^bAnalyzed by a linear mixed model (differences between groups)