Table 1.

Changes in body fat and muscle mass during the 8-week experimental period.

Variables		Group	Time			p
			0–4 weeks	4–8 weeks	0–8 weeks
Body fat percentage (%)		CON	27.99 ± 7.93	27.42 ± 7.28	27.12 ± 6.81	G	0.603
						T	0.001 **
		EXP	30.73 ± 4.67	29.67 ± 4.60†	26.38 ± 4.53†	G×T	0.005 **
Lower extremity muscle mass (kg)	Left	CON	6.43 ± 0.52	6.73 ± 0.74	6.83 ± 0.71†	G	0.172
						T	0.000 ***
		EXP	5.66 ± 0.96	5.81 ± 0.90†	7.10 ± 0.74†	G×T	0.000 ***
	Right	CON	6.40 ± 0.65	6.68 ± 0.68	6.78 ± 0.69	G	0.184
						T	0.000 ***
		EXP	5.63 ± 0.96	5.75 ± 0.92†	7.09 ± 0.78†	G×T	0.000 ***
Abdominal muscle mass (kg)		CON	18.32 ± 1.28	18.45 ± 1.55	18.39 ± 1.44	G	0.117
						T	0.000 ***
		EXP	16.65 ± 1.81	16.77 ± 1.79†	18.14 ± 2.03†	G×T	0.000 ***

CON, control group; EXP, experimental group; G, group; T, time; G×T, interaction.

^†p<0.01, statistically significant difference in time.

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.001.

All values represent the mean ± standard deviation.