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Table 1 Body composition, blood pressure and peak oxygen uptake for groups 1 and 2 pre and post 2 weeks of HIIT

From: An evaluation of low volume high-intensity intermittent training (HIIT) for health risk reduction in overweight and obese men

 

Group 1 (6 HIIT sessions)

 

Group 2 (4 HIIT sessions)

 
 

Pre-Training

Post-Training

p

Pre-Training

Post-Training

p

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Sig. < 0.05

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Sig. < 0.05

Body Mass (kg)

94.5 (13.9)

94.4 (14.3)

0.798

104.8 (17.6)

104.6 (17.0)

0.524

BMI (kg.m2)

29.7 (3.4)

29.7 (3.5)

0.716

32.3 (3.3)

32.3 (3.2)

0.557

Waist Circumference (cm)

100.4 (9.1)

99.1 (9.2)

0.164

109.6 (10.4)

108.6 (10.4)

0.316

Hip Circumference (cm)

107.6 (6.5)

106.9 (6.4)

0.235

113.9 (7.3)

112.7 (9.4)

0.499

Waist-to-hip ratio

0.9 (0.03)

0.9 (0.03)

0.709

1.0 (0.05)

1.0 (0.03)

0.879

Systolic BP (mmHg)

131.1 (15.8)

124.6 (10.5)

0.446

122.8 (8.2)

124.7 (5.2)

0.348

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

84.7 (10.9)

76.0 (9.7)

0.185

76.8 (7.1)

75.8 (5.4)

0.829

V̇O2peak (l.min-1)

3.3 (0.7)

3.7 (0.8)

0.138

3.2 (0.5)

3.2 (0.4)

0.846

V̇O2peak (ml.kg-1.min-1)

35.6 (5.4)

38.5 (5.4)

0.135

30.4 (4.2)

30.5 (3.9)

0.960

  1. BMI body mass index; BP blood pressure
  2. Group 1 (N = 8); Group 2 (N = 10)