Table 5.

Changes in the T-to-C ratio × 100 in the experimental and control groups following the 8-week training program.

T/C × 100	Experimental Group					Control Group					Between Groups
	Mean	Median	Min	Max	SD	Mean	Median	Min	Max	SD	t1	p	Cohen’s d
Pre	3.17	2.97	2.16	4.18	0.79	4.63	4.12	2.39	8.33	1.71	−3.37	0.002	1.09
Post	5.05	4.91	3.55	7.61	1.13	5.39	5.00	1.77	13.18	2.73	−0.49	0.626	1.64
differences	1.88	1.94	1.39	3.43	1.19	0.76	0.88	−0.62	4.85	1.98	2.11	0.042	0.686
Between examinations	t2 = −6.90, p ≤ 0.001, Cohen’s d = 1.58					t2 = −0.198, p = 0.111, Cohen’s d = 0.384

t₁—Student’s t-test for independent samples; t₂—Student’s t-test for dependent samples; p—likelihood ratio; significant values are in bold.