Table 6.

Isometric handgrip strength and unilateral leg strength in both groups for all three time-points excluding the dropouts.

Variables	Placebo Group (n = 18)	OMEGA Group (n = 18)	Main Effects and Interactions (p Value)
			Time	Time X Group	Group
Right Handgrip Strength (kg)
Baseline	28.90 ± 9.60	28.24 ± 7.47	0.001	0.739	0.796
12 months	30.81 ± 11.44	29.25 ± 7.87
24 months	32.58 ± 9.83	32.22 ± 8.87
Left Handgrip Strength (kg)
Baseline	29.33 ± 9.55	26.30 ± 6.69	0.012	0.415	0.560
12 months	30.36 ± 11.16	28.42 ± 7.02
24 months	30.91 ± 11.89	30.07 ± 7.60
Max Isokinetic Strength of Right Knee Extensors at 60°/s Normalized by BW (N·m/kg)
Baseline	2.05 ± 0.79	2.19 ± 0.62	0.774	0.421	0.255
12 months	1.96 ± 0.89	2.29 ± 0.68
24 months	2.02 ± 0.74	2.31 ± 0.42
Max Isokinetic Strength of Left Knee Extensors at 60°/s Normalized by BW (N·m/kg)
Baseline	1.95 ± 0.62	2.15 ± 0.45	0.037	0.618	0.284
12 months	1.94 ± 0.82	2.22 ± 0.59
24 months	2.16 ± 0.74	2.30 ± 0.40
Max Isokinetic Strength of Right Knee Flexors at 60°/s Normalized by BW (N·m/kg)
Baseline	1.31 ± 0.45	1.42 ± 0.35	0.001	0.718	0.217
12 months	1.30 ± 0.55	1.50 ± 0.31
24 months	0.97 ± 0.39	1.12 ± 0.28
Max Isokinetic Strength of Left Knee Flexors at 60°/s Normalized by BW(N·m/kg)
Baseline	1.31 ± 0.36	1.36 ± 0.31	0.025	0.373	0.484
12 months	1.24 ± 0.50	1.39 ± 0.36
24 months	1.0 ± 0.46	1.05 ± 0.26

Abbreviations: BW, Body weight. Data expressed as mean ± SD. Bold text indicates a statistically significant difference with a p-value less than 0.05.