The Effect of Dietary Fish Oil in addition to Lifestyle Counselling on Lipid Oxidation and Body Composition in Slightly Overweight Teenage Boys

Table 2

Metabolic rate and body composition¹.

	Baseline		16 weeks
	Control 𝑛=40	Fish oil 𝑛=38	Control 𝑛=40	Fish oil 𝑛=38	𝑃^2
RMR (kJ/d)	6974 ± 913	7032 ± 1067	7150 ± 1134	7150 ± 1042	0.70^3
RQ	0.88 ± 0.06	0.89 ± 0.07	0.89 ± 0.05	0.88 ± 0.05	0.62^3
Whole body fat (%)	28.5 ± 8.8	31.1 ± 8.1	27.8 ± 8.8	30.5 ± 7.7	0.67
Trunk fat (%)	31.5 ± 9.5	31.7 ± 8.8	31.4 ± 9.2	31.1 ± 8.8	0.45
Fat mass (kg)	18.9 ± 6.2	21.9 ± 8.1	18.9 ± 6.1	22.1 ± 7.9	0.63
Hip circumference (cm)	94.9 ± 5.6	96.5 ± 8.3	95.9 ± 6.2	97.4 ± 8.7	0.94
Waist circumference (cm)	81.0 ± 6.4	83.1 ± 10.7	81.5 ± 6.0	83.0 ± 9.7	0.83
Waist/Hip	0.9 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.1	0.88

¹Data are presented as mean ± SD.
²P values describe group differences at 16 weeks adjusted for baseline and Δ testosterone.
³The analysis of RMR and RQ was only adjusted for baseline values.