Table 3 |
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| Body composition changes between baseline and wk 4, wk 8, and wk 12 | |||||||||
| Δ1(wk0 ~ wk 4) | Δ2(wk0 ~ wk 8) | Δ3(wk0 ~ wk 12) | |||||||
| Calcium+D | Control | Pa | Calcium+D | Control | P | Calcium+D | Control | P | |
| (n=26) | (n=25) | (n=25) | (n=23) | (n=22) | (n=21) | ||||
| Body weight (kg) | −2.2±1.4 b | 1.7±1.2 | 0.16 | −3.3±1.6 | 3.3±1.4 | 0.94 | −4.1±1.8 | −3.5±1.9 | 0.25 |
| Fat mass (kg) | −1.7±1.7 | −1.0±1.1 | 0.13 | −2.4±1.2 | −1.7±0.8 | 0.03 | −2.8±1.3 | −1.8±1.3 | 0.02 |
| Fat percentage (%) | −1.6±2.5 | −0.8±1.3 | 0.19 | −2.1±1.2 | −1.1±0.9 | <0.01 | −2.6±1.6 | −1.4±1.5 | 0.02 |
| Lean mass (kg) | −0.4±1.0 | −0.5±1.2 | 0.77 | −0.8±0.9 | −1.2±1.7 | 0.24 | −1.1±1.1 | −1.4±1.2 | 0.31 |
| Visceral fat mass (kg) c | −0.3±0.3 | −0.1±0.2 | 0.09 | −0.4±0.3 | −0.2±0.2 | <0.01 | −0.5±0.2 | −0.3±0.2 | 0.01 |
| VFA (cm2) c | −6.6±7.6 | −2.9±6.6 | 0.12 | −10.9±7.2 | −4.6±4.9 | <0.01 | −12.0±6.4 | −6.5±7.2 | 0.02 |
Calcium+D, Calcium+vitamin D3 group. Control, control group. VFA, visceral fat area.
Δ1=[(mean values wk 4)-(mean values wk 0)]. Δ2=[(mean values wk 8)-(mean values wk 0)]. Δ3=[(mean values wk 12)-(mean values wk 0)].
a The P-value was calculated by independent t-test between means.
b Mean ± standard deviation (all such values).
c n=24 in both groups between wk 0 and wk4; n=23 and 22 for Calcium+D and control groups, respectively, between wk 0 and wk8; n=20 and 19 for Calcium+D and control groups, respectively, between wk 0 and wk12.
Zhu et al. Nutrition Journal 2013 12:8 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-12-8
