Table 1.

Characteristics of studies included in the meta‐analysis

Study name	Year	Country	Group	Age	Number of subjects (AE/C)	BMI, kg/m2	Follow‐up
Farahani, A.V.40	2010	Iran	AE	48.33 ± 10.74	(12/28)	27.44 ± 4.27	10 wk
			Control	46.96 ± 11.58		28.06 ± 3.51
Molmen‐Hansen, H.E.26	2012	Norway	AE	52.50 ± 7.40	(25/25)	26.8 ± 4.10	12 wk
			Control	51.30 ± 9.20		28.80 ± 3.7
Maruf. F.A.a28	2013	NA	AE	50.80 ± 8.31	(53/50)	27.40 ± 4.96	12 wk
			Control	54.75 ± 8.56		25.39 ± 4.61
Maruf,.F.A.b15	2014	Nigeria	AE	50.80 ± 8.31	(45/43)	27.45 ± 4.99	12 wk
			Control	54.75 ± 8.56		25.41 ± 4.70
Tsai, J.C.12	2004	China	AE	48.80 ± 6.3	(52/50)	23.6 ± 1.8	10 wk
			Control	49.30 ± 7.2		23.8 ± 2.2
He, L.25	2018	China	AE	58.0 ± 2.0	(20/22)	27.41 ± 2.11	12 wk
			Control	57.0 ± 2.0		27.65 ± 2.61
Masroor, S.16	2018	India	AE	39.67 ± 4.10	(15/13)	29.6 ± 4.4	4 wk
			Control	41.54 ± 4.25
Dimeo, F.13	2012	Germany	AE	62.80 ± 8.1	(22/25)	28.9 ± 4.4	8‐12 wk
			Control	67.90 ± 6.2		29.9 ± 4.7
Westhoff, T.H.14	2008	Germany	AE	66.10 ± 4.4	(12/12)	28.6 ± 4.4	12 wk
			Control	68.40 ± 9.1		26.5 ± 3.0
Lima, L.G.41	2017	Brazil	AE	67.80 ± 4.3	(15/14)	28.9 ± 3.5	10 wk
			control	69.90 ± 5.5		27.6 ± 3.4
Sikiru, L.42	2014	Nigeria	AE	58.63 ± 7.22	(112/105)	22.48 ± 2.89	8 wk
			Control	58.27 ± 6.24		24.16 ± 4.91
Oliveira, J.27	2016	Portugal	AE	83.40 ± 3.2	(9/9)	28.5 ± 2.0	40 min
			Control	82.70 ± 2.5		28.0 ± 2.5
Tsuda, K.43	2003	Japan	AE	46.2 ± 1.4	(8/8)	25.2 ± 0.8	6 mo
			Control	49.0 ± 5.1		24.9 ± 1.1
Duncan, J.24	1985	American	AE	21‐37 (mean: 30.4)	56	NA	16 wk

Abbreviations: AE/C: aerobic exercise/control groups; AE: aerobic exercise; BMI: body mass index.