Table 2.

Anthropometric changes in elderly women after 8 weeks (post) of HIIT (n = 15), MIIT (n = 15), and MICT (n = 16) and 2 (DT2w) and 4 (DT4w) weeks of detraining

	Baseline	Post	DT2w	DT4w	ANOVA
					F	p
Body mass (kg)
HIIT	69.3 ± 6.9	67.7 ± 6.6a	68.2 ± 6.7ab	69.3 ± 6.7bc	61.7	< 0.001
MICT	70.8 ± 3.9	69.8 ± 3.7a	70.8 ± 3.7b	72.3 ± 3.6abc	219.9	< 0.001
MIIT	69.2 ± 4.6	68.2 ± 4.3a	69.0 ± 4.3b	70.0 ± 4.4abc	127.1	< 0.001
Fat mass (kg)
HIIT	19.1 ± 5.3	17.1 ± 5.3a	17.8 ± 5.3ab	18.7 ± 5.4abc	187.6	< 0.001
MICT	19.4 ± 5.1	18.6 ± 4.8a	19.5 ± 4.8b	20.7 ± 5.0abc	142.2	< 0.001
MIIT	18.3 ± 4.3	17.3 ± 3.9a	18.0 ± 4.1b	19.0 ± 4.2abc	66.9	< 0.001
Fat mass (%)
HIIT	27.2 ± 5.7	24.9 ± 5.8a	25.8 ± 5.8ab	26.6 ± 5.9abc	126.9	< 0.001
MICT	27.1 ± 6.1	26.4 ± 5.8a	27.4 ± 5.8b	28.5 ± 5.9abc	86.2	< 0.001
MIIT	26.3 ± 5.3	25.1 ± 5.1a	26.0 ± 5.1b	27.0 ± 5.1abc	66.2	< 0.001
Fat-free mass (kg)
HIIT	29.4 ± 2.8	29.6 ± 2.7	29.3 ± 2.8	29.5 ± 2.9	0.068	0.976
MICT	30.1 ± 3.5	29.9 ± 3.6	29.7 ± 1.5	29.4 ± 1.6	0.262	0.852
MIIT	30.1 ± 3.2	30.1 ± 3.2	29.6 ± 1.8	30.1 ± 1.8	0.546	0.653

DT detraining, HIIT, MIIT, and MICT high-intensity interval training, moderate-intensity interval training, and moderate-intensity continuous training groups, respectively

^aDifferent from baseline

^bDifferent from POST

^cDifferent from DT2w