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. 2020 Apr 7;15(4):e0223548. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223548

Table 2. Group differences in measures of body composition.

ADV REC CON Group Group x Sex
Women Men Total Women Men Total Women Men Total p BF10 p BF10
Anthropometric
Height (cm) 160 ± 13 177 ± 3 170 ± 11 161 ± 4 183 ± 8 172 ± 14 158 ± 4 180 ± 9 171 ± 14 0.785 >100 0.526 0.3
Weight (kg) 68.3 ± 5.0 91.5 ± 5.1 79.8 ± 13.3 59.0 ± 2.0 93.5 ± 9.5 76.3 ± 19.5 60.8 ± 6.3 84.9 ± 7.3 74.5 ± 14.3 0.127 >100 0.169 0.3
BMI (kg·m-2) 26.0 ± 3.5 29.2 ± 1.9 27.6 ± 3.1 22.9 ± 1.2 28.0 ± 3.4 25.5 ± 3.6 24.4 ± 3.4 26.1 ± 0.7 25.4 ± 2.2 0.163 6.6 0.456 0.6
Density (kg·L-1) 1.07 ± 0.01 1.07 ± 0.01 1.07 ± 0.01 1.05 ± 0.01 1.06 ± 0.01 1.05 ± 0.01* 1.04 ± 0.02 1.06 ± 0.01 1.05 ± 0.02* 0.002 13.8 0.159 1.1
Bone Mineral Content (kg)
Total 3.05 ± 0.38 3.75 ± 0.13 3.45 ± 0.44 2.42 ± 0.16 3.62 ± 0.41 3.02 ± 0.70# 2.43 ± 0.14 3.29 ± 0.41 2.92 ± 0.55* 0.012 >100 0.299 0.7
Arms 0.45 ± 0.07 0.62 ± 0.05 0.55 ± 0.11 0.32 ± 0.03 0.57 ± 0.05 0.44 ± 0.14* 0.30 ± 0.01 0.48 ± 0.06 0.40 ± 0.11* 0.001 >100 0.266 1.2
Legs 1.12 ± 0.13 1.44 ± 0.11 1.30 ± 0.20 0.82 ± 0.05 1.38 ± 0.17 1.10 ± 0.32# 0.81 ± 0.03 1.31 ± 0.22 1.09 ± 0.31* 0.022 >100 0.255 0.5
Trunk 0.95 ± 0.11 1.16 ± 0.03 1.07 ± 0.13 0.79 ± 0.11 1.11 ± 0.14 0.95 ± 0.21 0.82 ± 0.08 0.97 ± 0.09 0.90 ± 0.11* 0.028 >100 0.271 0.8
Non-bone fat-free mass (kg)
Arms 7.15 ± 0.89 11.12 ± 1.22 9.42 ± 2.35 4.87 ± 0.49 10.02 ± 0.56 7.45 ± 2.79* 4.83 ± 0.42 9.04 ± 1.14 7.24 ± 2.40* 0.001 >100 0.400 0.6
Legs 18.4 ± 1.4 25.4 ± 1.6 22.4 ± 4.0 14.3 ± 1.0 24.4 ± 1.1 19.3 ± 5.4* 14.7 ± 0.7 22.5 ± 3.2 19.2 ± 4.7* 0.008 >100 0.252 0.5
Trunk 27.7 ± 2.9 35.2 ± 2.0 32.0 ± 4.5 20.3 ± 1.2 33.5 ± 1.4 26.9 ± 7.2* 21.4 ± 2.2 30.1 ± 3.7 26.4 ± 5.5* 0.001 >100 0.073 0.8
4-compartment model
Body fat percentage (%) 11.9 ± 2.4 11.0 ± 2.6 11.4 ± 2.3 23.3 ± 2.4 16.1 ± 6.2 19.7 ± 5.8* 23.9 ± 8.4 13.7 ± 3.2 18.1 ± 7.6* 0.007 16.1 0.183 2.7
Fat-free mass (kg) 60.2 ± 3.5 81.3 ± 3.4 72.3 ± 11.7 45.2 ± 2.3 78.1 ± 5.3 61.7 ± 18.0* 45.9 ± 1.6 73.3 ± 8.4 61.6 ± 15.9* 0.001 >100 0.097 0.5
Fat mass (kg) 8.2 ± 2.1 10.2 ± 2.7 9.3 ± 2.5 13.8 ± 1.4 15.4 ± 7.0 14.6 ± 4.7# 14.9 ± 6.7 11.5 ± 2.2 13.0 ± 4.5 0.069 1.5 0.436 0.3

* = Significantly (p < 0.05) different from ADV

# = Different (p < 0.10) from ADV.