|
Characteristic
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Intervention group
|
Control group
|
Mean difference
|
|---|
| |
(n = 89)
|
(n = 61)
|
(95% CI)
|
|---|
|
Age (years)
|
35.7 (6.1)
|
39.7 (9.2)
|
−3.9 (−6.6 to −1.2)*
|
|
Weight (kg)
|
83.7 (12)
|
84.1 (14.4)
|
−0.3 (−4.7 to 4.1)
|
|
Height (cm)
|
174 (6.2)
|
174 (6.2)
|
0.6 (−1.3 to 2.7)
|
|
BMI (kg.m-²)
|
27.1 (3.2)
|
27.4 (4.2)
|
−0.2 (−1.5 to 0.9)
|
|
Waist circumference (cm)
|
98 (9)
|
99 (11)
|
−1.1 (−4.6 to 2.3)
|
|
Peak VO2 (ml·kg-1·min-1)†
|
33.9 (5.2)
|
34.7 (6.5)
|
−0.7 (−3.4 to 1.9)
|
- Values are mean (standard deviation). The independent-sample t test was used to calculate significance of the difference between groups. CI confidence interval, BMI body mass index. * P = 0.005. † n = 30 and 69 for the control and the intervention groups, respectively.
