Multidisciplinary Approach to the Treatment of Obese Adolescents: Effects on Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Inflammatory Profile, and Neuroendocrine Regulation of Energy Balance

Table 2

Effects of interdisciplinary therapy in body composition.

Variables	Baseline	After therapy	𝑃 value	Δ value
Body mass (kg)	106.2±16.2	94.4±16.9	<0.001	−11.1±7.7
Height (m)	1.68±0.08	1.69±0.08	0.07	0.009±0.01
BMI (kg/m²)	37.0±4.95	32.9±5.32	<0.001	−4.27±2.82
Fat mass (kg)	49.72±11.66	36.5±11.9	<0.001	−13.23±7.02
Fat mass (%)	46.8±5.70	38.0±7.7	<0.001	−8.56±4.58
Free fat mass (kg)	54.7±10.4	57.0±11.9	<0.001	2.24±4.29
Free fat mass (%)	53.1±5.7	61.9±7.7	<0.001	8.74±4.84
Visceral fat (cm)	4.5±1.5	2.8±1.3	<0.001	−1.60±1.13
Subcutaneous fat (cm)	4.1±0.8	3.2±0.8	<0.001	−0.84±0.80
Waist circumference (cm)	103.4±10.7	94.9±11.6	<0.001	−9.5±18.32
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)*	120 (100–190)	110 (100–140)	<0.001	−10.00 (−70–20)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)*	80 (70–110)	70 (60–90)	<0.001	0.00 (−40–10)

∗Nonparametric data; BMI: body mass index; statistical significance 𝑃≤0.05.