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Table 2 The differences in the body frame index at the baseline between the exercising and non-exercising groups by an unpaired t-test (two-sided test)

From: Usefulness of circuit training at home for improving bone mass and muscle mass while losing fat mass in undergraduate female students

Factors

Subjects

p

Exercising group*1 (n = 22)

Non-exercising group*2 (n = 19)

Weight (kg)

50.13 ± 7.05

52.52 ± 6.89

0.280

Body Fat Percentage (%)

27.30 ± 4.70

28.13 ± 4.65

0.576

BMI (kg/m2)

20.24 ± 2.44

21.01 ± 2.46

0.319

Muscle mass (kg)

33.87 ± 2.95

34.86 ± 2.94

0.292

Calcaneus QUS-SI

105.50 ± 15.23

103.79 ± 17.61

0.740

Calcaneus QUS-SOS (m/s)

214.05 ± 61.51

225.11 ± 45.97

0.524

Calcaneus QUS-BUA (dB/MHz)

33.36 ± 3.00

32.95 ± 2.04

0.612

  1. BMI body mass index, QUS-SI stiffness index by quantitative ultrasound, QUS-SOS speed of sound by quantitative ultrasound, QUS-BUA broadband ultrasound attenuation by quantitative ultrasound
  2. *1: Subjects performed the circuit training at home at least 3 times a week for the first 2 months
  3. *2: Subjects did not perform the circuit training