Table 1.
The effects of 20 sessions of whole-body cryostimulation on body composition of obese and normal body weight male subjects.
| N (n = 9) (BMI < 24.9) Mean ± SD |
IOb (n = 9) (BMI 30–34.9) Mean ± SD |
IIOb (n = 9) (BMI > 35) Mean ± SD |
Cohen’s d | ANOVA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N vs. IOb | N vs. IIOb | IOb vs. IIOb | ||||||||
| Age (y) | 21.4 ± 1.2 * | 31.1 ± 3.8 | 28.4 ± 3.6 | |||||||
| BH (cm) | 183.0 ± 5.3 | 179.7 ± 4.1 | 180.7 ± 2.0 | |||||||
| Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | |||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.0 ± 1.5 | 22.5 ± 1.4 | 31.3 ± 1.5 | 30.0 ± 1.8 * | 42.7 ± 8.0 | 42.1 ± 1.8 * | 5.5 | 3.4 | 2.0 | # |
| Δ | −0.4 ± 0.6 | −1.2 ± 0.9 | −0.5 ± 0.7 | |||||||
| BM (kg) | 76.9 ± 6.2 | 76.1 ± 6.7 * | 101.2 ± 9.0 | 97.3 ± 9.7 * | 139.2 ± 24.8 | 123.7 ± 16.5 * | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.0 | # |
| Δ | −0.8 ± 0.6 | −4.0 ± 2.8 | −1.5 ± 2.1 | |||||||
| HC (cm) | 75.7 ± 4.8 | 75.6 ± 4.9 | 96.8 ± 7.4 | 95.3 ± 6.8 * | 117.0 ± 12.5 | 116.0 ± 12.4 * | 3.4 | 4.4 | 2.0 | # |
| Δ | −0.1 ± 1.2 | −1.4 ± 1.0 | −0.8 ± 0.8 | |||||||
| WC (cm) | 73.9 ± 2.4 | 73.4 ± 2.5 * | 99.7 ± 1.4 | 97.1 ± 2.0 * | 126.7 ± 17.0 | 123.7 ± 16.5 * | 13.1 | 4.4 | 2.2 | # |
| Δ | −0.4 ± 0.32 | −2.6 ± 1.2 | −2.2 ± 1.6 | |||||||
| PBF (%) | 11.0 ± 2.4 | 9.8 ± 2.7 * | 28.2 ± 2.0 | 26.2 ± 1.9 * | 36.6 ± 6.9 | 34.9 ± 7.3 | 7.9 | 5.0 | 1.7 | # |
| Δ | −1.2 ± 1.2 | −2.0 ± 2.7 | −1.3 ± 2.5 | |||||||
BH, body height; BMI, body mass index; BM, body mass; HC, hip circumference; WC, waist circumference; PBF, percentage of body fat; Δ, change; *, significant difference before vs. after; #, significant difference for time, row data, subject, interaction.