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. 2022 Jun 22;22:165. doi: 10.1186/s12906-022-03645-7

Table 3.

Mean ± SD of anthropometric variables among the groups

Variables AT + Vit D (n = 10) AT (n = 10) Vit D (n = 10) C (n = 10) P-Value
Age (years) 48.32 ± 2.23 47.13 ± 3.12 49.10 ± 1.2346 48.27 ± 2.17 0.540
Height (cm) 159.14 ± 2.13 161.17 ± 2.21 160.21 ± 2.28 162.12 ± 3.18 0.304
Duration of DM (year) 10.13 ± 3.23 9.10 ± 2.13 11.15 ± 1.89 10.25 ± 3.26 0.215
Body Weight (Kg)
 Before 75.11 ± 2.12 76.12 ± 3.14 74.18 ± 3.09 75.09 ± 2.17
 After 70.02 ± 1.97 73.14 ± 2.15 73.11 ± 2.19 76.35 ± 3.21
 P† 0.001* 0.021* 0.032* 0.028*
 Δ −4.91 ± 0.15 μ€β −2.98 ± 0.99€β −1.07 ± 0.9 β 1.26 ± 1.04 0.001 ¥
BMI (kg/m2)
 Before 29.66 ± 1.25 29.30 ± 1.43 28.90 ± 1.23 28.57 ± 1.27
 After 27.65 ± 1.55 28.16 ± 1.29 28.48 ± 0.89 29.05 ± 1.12
 P† 0.011* 0.023* 0.046* 0.044*
 Δ −2.01 ± 0.30 μ€β −1.14 ± 0.14 €β −0.42 ± 0.34 β 0.48 ± 0.15 0.018 ¥
Body Fat Percent (%)
 Before 32.16 ± 1.56 31.11 ± 2.14 30.23 ± 1.56 29.76 ± 2.08
 After 28.11 ± 2.20 29.46 ± 1.69 29.55 ± 0.78 30.17 ± 1.78
 P† 0.001* 0.017* 0.035* 0.043*
 Δ −4.05 ± 0.64 μ€β − 1.65 ± 0.45 €β − 0.68 ± 0.78 β 0.41 ± 0.3 0.003 ¥
WHR
 Before 0.94 ± 0.01 0.93 ± 0.03 0.92 ± 0.04 0.92 ± 0.02
 After 0.88 ± 0.02 0.89 ± 0.02 β 0.90 ± 0.02 β 0.93 ± 0.03
 P† 0.012* 0.031* 0.001* 0.001*
 Δ −0.06 ± 0.01 μ€β −0.04 ± 0.01 €β − 0.02 ± 0.02 β 0.01 ± 0.01 0.001 ¥

AT + Vit D Aerobic training + Vitamin D supplement, AT Aerobic training group, Vit D Vitamin D supplement group, C the control group

Results from analysis of one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), post-hoc Tukey’s test, and paired sample t-test

P†: indicating the results of paired sample t-test

*: Significant within-group differences between pre and post

¥: Significant within-group differences in Δ

β: Significant differences with C

μ: Significant differences with AT

€: Significant differences with Vit D