Changes in Body Composition, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, and Eating Behavior after an Intensive Lifestyle Intervention with High Volume of Physical Activity in Severely Obese Subjects: A Prospective Clinical Controlled Trial
Table 5
Change in values for cardiovascular disease risk factors within the ILI-group. Data are mean values (SD or 95% CI).
Mean Week 0
Mean change Week 0 to 12 months
P value
Mean change Week 0 to weeks 10–14
P value
Mean change Weeks 10–14 to six months
P value
Mean change Six to 12 months
P value
s-BP (mmHg)
All ()
132.3 (10.7)
−2.8 (−6.0, 0.4)
0.082a
−6.4 (−9.1, −3.7)
<0.0001a
1.1 (−1.7, 4.0)
0.431a
2.5 (−0.5, 5.4)
0.097a
No blood pressure lowering ()
130.4 (8.8)
−3.8 (−6.9, −0.7)
0.018b
−5.4 (−8.4, −2.4)
0.001b
0.3 (−3.2, 3.8)
0.877b
1.4 (−1.7, 4.4)
0.368b
d-BT (mmHg)
All ()
83.7 (6.1)
−1.8 (−4.0, 0.3)
0.094a
−1.3 (−3.2, 0.6)
0.175a
−2.0 (−4.3, 0.3)
0.088a
1.5 (−0.7, 3.7)
0.173a
No blood pressure lowering ()
83.2 (5.4)
−3.5 (−6.3, −0.7)
0.015b
−2.8 (−5.0, −0.7)
0.012b
−2.3 (−5.2, 0.6)
0.112b
1.6 (−1.2, 4.4)
0.245b
GLUC (mmol/L)
All ()
5.8 (1.3)
−0.5 (−0.7, −0.3)
<0.0001a
−0.7 (−0.9, −0.5)
<0.0001a
0.1 (−0.1, 0.2)
0.258a
0.1 (0.0, 0.3)
0.150a
No glucose lowering ()
5.6 (0.8)
−0.4 (−0.6, −0.2)
<0.0001b
−0.6 (−0.8, −0.4)
<0.0001b
0.1 (−0.1, 0.2)
0.260b
0.1 (−0.1, 0.2)
0.300b
HDL (mmol/L)
All ()
1.1 (0.3)
0.3 (0.3, 0.4)
<0.0001a
0.1 (0.0, 0.1)
0.001a
0.2 (0.1, 0.2)
<0.0001a
0.1 (0.0, 0.2)
0.001a
No lipid lowering ()
1.1 (0.3)
0.3 (0.3, 0.4)
<0.0001b
0.1 (0.0, 0.1)
0.002b
0.2 (0.1, 0.2)
<0.0001b
0.1 (0.0, 0.2)
0.004b
LDL (mmol/L)
All ()
2.9 (0.9)
0.4 (0.2, 0.6)
<0.0001a
−0.2 (−0.3, −0.1)
0.005a
0.3 (0.2, 0.4)
<0.0001a
0.3 (0.2, 0.4)
<0.0001a
No lipid lowering ()
3.1 (0.8)
0.3 (0.1, 0.5)
0.002b
−0.3 (−0.4, −0.1)
<0.0001b
0.2 (0.1, 0.3)
<0.0001b
0.3 (0.2, 0.5)
<0.0001b
TG (mmol/L)
All ()
1.4 (0.6)
−0.1 (−0.2, 0.1)
0.231a
−0.2 (−0.3, −0.2)
<0.0001a
0.0 (0.0, 0.2)
0.066a
0.1 (−0.1, 0.2)
0.420a
No lipid lowering ()
1.4 (0.6)
−0.1 (−0.3, 0.1)
0.185b
−0.2 (−0.3, −0.2)
<0.0001b
0.0 (−0.1, 0.1)
0.451b
0.1 (0.0, 0.3)
0.126b
Tot C (mmol/L)
All ()
4.7 (1.1)
0.5 (0.3, 0.7)
<0.0001a
−0.1 (−0.3, 0.0)
0.155a
0.4 (0.2, 0.5)
<0.0001a
0.3 (0.1, 0.4)
0.002a
No lipid lowering ()
4.9 (1.0)
0.4 (0.2, 0.6)
<0.0001b
−0.2 (−0.3, 0.0)
0.015b
0.3 (0.2, 0.5)
<0.0001b
0.3 (0.1, 0.5)
0.002b
Waist circumferences (cm)
All ()
123.5 (12.8)
−14.9 (−16.9, −13.0)
<0.0001a
−14.0 (−14.9, −13.0)
<0.0001a
−4.6 (−5.6, −3.5)
<0.0001a
3.6 (2.5, 4.7)
<0.0001a
s-BP: blood pressure systolic, d-BP: blood pressure diastolic, GLUC: fasting glucose, HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG: triglycerides, Tot C: total cholesterol. aGLM adjusted for age, gender, and relevant medication at baseline (HDL, LDL, Tot C, and TG adjusted for lipid-lowering medication at baseline; s-BP and d-BP adjusted for blood pressure-lowering medication at baseline; and GLUC adjusted for glucose-lowering medication at baseline), bsubgroup analysis of participants not using relevant medication at baseline, GLM adjusted for age and gender.