Table 6.

Effects of walking speed on total and regional fat distribution after 15 and 30 weeks of walking measured by DXA and anthropometric methods.

		15-Week Group		30-Week Group			15 Weeks	30 Weeks
	DXA Measurements	Baseline	15 Weeks	Baseline	15 Weeks	30 Weeks	Slow vs. Fast t(df=28); p	Slow vs. Fast t(df=16); p
	Subjects	N = 15	N = 15	N = 9	N = 9	N = 9
Slow walkers	Body fat (g)	36,908.0 ± 2564.7	36,014.7 ± 2386.7	38,213.4 ± 3101.6	36,604.6 ± 2899.5	35,335.3 ± 2903.4	1.47; 0.1561	1.82; 0.0904
	Body fat (%)	47.6 ± 1.9	47.0 ± 1.7	50.0 ± 2.1	48.5 ± 1.9	47.9 ± 2.1	1.51; 0.1455	2.46; 0.0275
	Total LBM (g)	39,406.53 ± 1010.39	39,304.27 ± 1025.85	37,314.11 ± 923.53	37,338.33 ± 1183.04	37,525.56 ± 994.17	0.03; 0.9785	1.35; 0.1987
	Total LBM (%)	52.42 ± 1.87	53.01 ± 1.66	50.04 ± 2.05	51.48 ± 1.92	52.11 ± 2.14	1.51; 0.1455	2.46; 0.0275
	Arm LBM (%)	55.48 ± 2.57	57.51 ± 2.15	54.34 ± 2.18	56.93 ± 1.77	57.16 ± 2.26	1.25; 0.2243	2.17; 0.0479
	Leg LBM (%)	48.74 ± 1.83	48.52 ± 1.72	45.99 ± 2.10	46.81 ± 2.14	46.94 ± 2.13	1.89; 0.0711	2.56; 0.0225
	Anthropometric equations (% fat)
	Subjects	N = 12	N = 12	N = 7	N = 7	N = 7
	Jackson 7 body fat	39.09 ± 1.48	39.31 ±1.57	40.31 ± 1.22	40.50 ± 1.56	41.06 ± 0.84	1.75; 0.0961	3.25; 0.0064
	Jackson 11 body fat	40.39 ± 1.42	40.30 ± 1.43	41.83 ± 1.34	41.54 ± 1.50	42.11 ± 0.87	2.32; 0.0308	3.49; 0.0040
	Teran body fat	40.01 ± 1.33	40.09 ±1.43	41.25 ± 1.61	41.21 ± 1.79	41.44 ± 1.07	2.38; 0.0274	2.89; 0.0128
	Skinfolds (mm)
	Subjects	N = 12	N = 12	N = 7	N = 7	N = 7
	Abdomen 2	46.41 ± 2.35	47.20 ± 2.31	48.96 ± 1.20	49.63 ± 1.91	51.38 ± 1.54	1.56; 0.1352	2.87; 0.0133
	Supra-iliac	27.12 ± 1.97	26.71 ± 2.06	28.49 ± 1.75	25.96 ± 1.67	28.39 ± 2.05	1.30; 0.2071	2.31; 0.0376
	Thigh	50.09 ± 2.68	50.04 ± 3.27	51.79 ± 2.66	50.96 ± 3.80	51.61 ± 1.50	1.72; 0.1001	2.55; 0.0245
	Sum of 5 SKFs	173.37 ± 9.84	175.93 ± 10.79	180.69 ± 8.83	183.85 ± 11.3	185.42 ± 7.12	1.30; 0.2084	2.66; 0.0197
	Circumferences (cm)
	Subjects	N = 12	N = 12	N = 7	N = 7	N = 7
	Abdomen 2	107.41 ± 3.35	106.5 ± 2.84	112.38 ± 3.55	110.55 ± 3.91	109.21 ± 3.12	2.22; 0.0377	2.74; 0.0167
	Upper arm	31.86 ± 0.94	31.87 ± 0.85	32.21 ± 1.20	32.97 ± 01.19	31.89 ± 1.09	2.18; 0.0414	2.13; 0.0526
	Calf	39.11 ± 0.87	39.65 ± 0.75	38.86 ± 1.22	40.12 ± 1.12	38.93 ± 1.16	1.05; 0.3057	2.37; 0.0341
	Gluteal	114.27 ± 2.45	113.71 ± 2.12	116.38 ± 2.91	115.22 ± 2.73	115.76 ± 2.11	2.57; 0.0184	2.77; 0.0160
	Thigh	65.68 ± 1.17	65.49 ± 0.97	66.09 ± 1.50	66.18 ± 0.88	65.64 ± 1.40	2.34; 0.0295	0.98; 0.3470
	Sum of 7 Circs	475.4 ± 9.41	473.6 ± 8.0	483.8 ± 12.5	478.7 ± 10.6	477.8 ± 9.7	2.36; 0.0284	2.61; 0.0218
	W/H at umbilicus	0.94 ± 0.02	0.94 ± 0.02	0.97 ± 0.01	0.96 ± 0.02	0.94 ± 0.03	0.96; 0.3506	1.29; 0.2200
		15-Week Group		30-Week Group
	DXA Measurements	Baseline	15 Weeks	Baseline	15 Weeks	30 Weeks
	Subjects	N = 10	N = 10	N = 7	N = 7	N = 7
Fast Walkers	Body fat (g)	29,643.0 ± 2397.6	31,674.7 ± 2769.5	29,642.9 ± 2397.6	30,012.0 ± 3456.3	28,827.9 ± 2461.8
	Body fat (%)	42.4 ± 1.8	43.7 ± 2.1	42.3 ± 2.8	41.7 ± 2.8	40.9 ± 1.8
	Total LBM (g)	39,313.60 ± 1112.40	40,239.56 ± 1303.02	39,787.14 ± 1141.27	41,076.67 ± 1128.59	39,959.86 ± 2240.05
	Total LBM (%)	56.63 ± 1.36	56.33 ± 2.12	57.59 ± 1.82	58.28 ± 2.83	59.13 ± 1.76
	Arm LBM (%)	60.36 ± 0.98	59.57 ± 1.82	61.09 ± 1.24	60.97 ± 2.39	63.17 ± 2.00
	Leg LBM (%)	53.93 ± 1.86	53.79 ± 2.69	54.89 ± 2.46	55.87 ± 3.72	55.81 ± 2.75
	Anthropometric equations (% fat)
	Subjects	N = 10	N = 10	N = 7	N = 7	N = 7
	Jackson 7 body fat	35.46 ± 1.63	34.99 ± 2.01	33.59 ± 1.73	32.64 ± 2.08	32.80 ± 2.17
	Jackson 11 body fat	36.12 ± 1.22	35.45 ± 1.58	34.91 ± 1.48	33.96 ± 1.92	34.29 ± 1.72
	Teran body fat	36.07 ± 1.01	35.05 ± 1.54	35.53 ± 1.03	33.67 ± 1.96	34.13 ± 1.87
	Skinfolds (mm)
	Subjects	N = 10	N = 10	N = 7	N = 7	N = 7
	Abdomen 2	41.75 ± 3.84	40.64 ± 3.36	38.67 ± 4.47	41.2 ± 3.80	38.12 ± 4.05
	Supra-iliac	22.38 ± 2.87	22.83 ± 3.11	19.36 ±	24.4 ± 3.05	20.01 ± 2.97
	Thigh	42.19 ± 2.80	41.19 ± 4.77	39.5 ±	43.88 ± 3.34	51.61 ± 1.50
	Sum of 5 SKFs	155.9 ± 10.17	153.54 ± 12.02	145.55 ± 10.96	139.88 ± 11.57	142.03 ± 13.09
	Circumferences (cm)
	Subjects	N = 10	N = 10	N = 7	N = 7	N = 7
	Abdominal	98.34 ± 3.60	95.26 ± 3.16	97.67 ± 3.65	95.21 ± 3.60	94.89 ± 4.46
	Upper arm	29.25 ± 0.64	28.99 ± 0.68	29.24 ± 0.65	29.19 ± 0.65	29.00 ± 0.75
	Calf	37.33 ± 0.90	38.28 ± 085	37.04 ± 0.65	37.74 ± 0.59	38.03 ± 0.70
	Gluteal	106.94 ± 1.62	106.26 ± 1.72	106.69 ± 2.12	107.23 ± 2.41	106.8 ± 2.12
	Thigh	61.11 ± 3.62	60.99 ± 1.76	63.44 ± 1.22	61.70 ± 1.24	59.93 ± 1.8
	Sum of 7 Circs.	445.93 ± 8.49	443.16 ± 8.07	445.31 ± 7.40	440.51 ± 9.32	441.36 ± 8.56
	W/H at umbilicus	0.92 ± 0.03	0.90 ± 0.03	0.91 ± 0.02	0.90 ± 0.03	0.89 ± 0.04