Table 1.
Participant Demographic data before and after the 12-week intervention: Demographic data for all participants who completed exercise and blood sample testing before (Pre) and after (Post). Data are mean (SD) with bolded p-values indicating p<0.05
| Pre | Post | Within Subjects p-value | |Hedge’s g| | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight (kg) | HIIT | 84.46 (24.80) | 83.69 (24.84) | 0.12 | 0.03 |
| MICT | 81.84 (13.25) | 81.2 (13.12) | 0.16 | 0.05 | |
| UC | 77.29 (10.14) | 77.11 (9.52) | 0.84 | 0.02 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | HIIT | 32.08 (9.04) | 31.80 (9.12) | 0.15 | 0.03 |
| MICT | 31.03 (8.66) | 31.97 (5.28) | 0.16 | 0.05 | |
| UC | 29.83 (2.56) | 29.76 (2.19) | 0.84 | 0.03 | |
| Resting HR (BPM) | HIIT | 71.00 (9.04) | 67.2 (8.85) | 0.86 | 0.41 |
| MICT | 64.00 (20.93) | 69.45 (9.16) | >0.99 | 0.19 | |
| UC | 72.64 (10.28) | 69.64 (13.53) | >0.99 | 0.24 | |
| (ml/kg/min) | HIIT* | 19.00 (3.10) | 21.9 (3.73) | 0.0016 | 0.81 |
| MICT | 18.16 (5.99) | 21.4 (4.09) | 0.14 | 0.33 | |
| UC | 19.30 (3.92) | 19.7 (4.40) | >0.99 | 0.09 | |
| (L/min) | HIIT* | 1.56 (0.33) | 1.73 (0.40) | 0.003 | 0.44 |
| MICT | 1.46 (0.41) | 1.63 (0.23) | 0.14 | 0.41 | |
| UC | 1.48 (0.26) | 1.49 (0.28) | 0.83 | 0.04 | |
| Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) | HIIT | 123.00 (11.77) | 116.2 (7.86) | 0.29 | 0.65 |
| MICT | 118.19 (38.18) | 122.45 (8.12) | 0.34 | 0.63 | |
| UC | 120.82 (7.78) | 118.91 (10.48) | >0.99 | 0.2 | |
| Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) | HIIT | 77.36 (8.90) | 77.2 (4.02) | >0.99 | 0.02 |
| MICT | 73.75 (24.36) | 79.09 (2.88) | >0.99 | 0.25 | |
| UC | 77.64 (3.98) | 75.27 (3.82) | 0.87 | 0.58 | |