Table I.

Age and baseline anthropometric characteristics of patients in the 2 groups

Variables	Experimental group (HIIT plus diet and carboxytherapy) (n1 = 30)	Control group (diet and carboxytherapy) (n2 = 30)	P-value
Age [years]	54.17 ±2.82	54.10 ±2.64	0.925
Body weight [kg]	87.35 ±4.72	87.533 ±4.87	0.883
Height [cm]	164.73 ±4.43	164.90 ±4.39	0.884
WC [cm]	107.07 ±2.83	106.90 ±2.13	0.797
BMI [kg/m2]	32.10 ±0.91	32.12 ±1.19	0.933

Data are presented as mean ± SD. HIIT – high-intensity interval training, BMI – body mass index, WC – waist circumference.