Table 3: Physical and physiological variables (mean ± SD) before (pre) and after (post) the interventions.
| HIIT (n = 26) | CT (n = 20) | CG (n = 21) | ||||||||||
| Pre | Post | ES | %Δ | Pre | Post | ES | %Δ | Pre | Post | ES | %Δ | |
| Age (years) | 37.9 ± 7.3 | 38.0 ± 8.4 | 36.5 ± 11.0 | |||||||||
| Height (cm) | 159 ± 0.0 | 1.59 ± 0.0 | 1.58 ± 0.0 | 1.58 ± 0.0 | 1.60 ± 0.0 | 1.60 ± 0.0 | ||||||
| BW (kg) | 69.9 ± 11.4 | 69.3 ± 11.0 | 0.00 | -0.9 | 76.6 ± 17.9 | 76.3 ± 17.3 | 0.00 | -0.3 | 71.0 ± 12.4 | 71.1 ± 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Fat Mass (kg) | 28.8 ± 7.0 | 27.8 ± 6.8*,£ | -0.1 | -3.4 | 34.8 ± 11.9 | 33.3 ± 11.4*,£, ¥ | -0.1 | -4.5 | 30.1 ± 9.4 | 30.2 ± 9.1 | 0.00 | 0.3 |
| Body Fat % | 42.3 ± 4.3 | 41.2 ± 4.6*,£ | -0.2 | -2.6 | 45.9 ± 5.4 | 43.9 ± 5.6*,£,¥ | -0.3 | -4.3 | 42.9 ± 6.8 | 43.2 ± 6.7 | 0.00 | 0.5 |
| SMM (kg) | 18.28 ± 3.0 | 18.6 ± 2.9*,£ | 0.1 | 1.7 | 18.5 ± 3.3 | 19.5 ± 3.5*,£,¥ | 0.2 | 5.4 | 18.0 ± 2.4 | 17.9 ± 2.5 | 0.00 | -0.4 |
Data are means (± SD); BW: Body Weight; BMI: Body Mass Index; SMM: Skeletal Muscle Mass; Significantly different within each group before vs. after program: *p < 0.05; Significantly different from the other groups: ¥p < 0.05; Significantly different from control: £p < 0.05.