Effects of Living High-Training Low and High on Body Composition and Metabolic Risk Markers in Overweight and Obese Females

Table 3

Changes in body FM and LSM before and after 4 weeks of the intervention.

Variable	Pre	Post	value (interaction effect)	η^2 (effect size)
Arm FM, kg
NG	3.85 ± 1.14	3.28 ± 0.98^$	0.352	0.051
HG	3.34 ± 0.82	2.88 ± 0.78^$
Leg FM, kg
NG	11.56 ± 2.76	10.16 ± 2.50^$	0.092	0.158
HG	10.83 ± 2.49	9.12 ± 2.31^$
Trunk FM, kg
NG	17.86 ± 3.86	15.59 ± 3.30^$	0.903	0.001
HG	15.66 ± 3.58	13.45 ± 3.35^$
Total FM, kg
NG	34.27 ± 7.12	29.98 ± 6.19^$	0.771	0.005
HG	30.80 ± 6.31	26.35 ± 5.76^$
Arm LSM, kg
NG	4.23 ± 0.82	4.13 ± 0.74^$	0.139	0.124
HG	3.73 ± 0.87	3.71 ± 0.73
Leg LSM, kg
NG	15.05 ± 1.83	14.60 ± 1.97^$	0.659	0.112
HG	14.13 ± 2.65	13.77 ± 2.38^$
Trunk LSM, kg
NG	19.84 ± 2.87	18.46 ± 2.40^$	0.108	0.145
HG	18.01 ± 3.17	17.31 ± 3.20^$
Total LSM, kg
NG	42.57 ± 5.21	40.53 ± 4.86^$	0.111	0.142
HG	39.22 ± 6.88	38.07 ± 6.51^$

Pre, preintervention. Post, postintervention. ^$, pre versus post. NG: normoxic training group; HG: hypoxic training group; FM: fat mass; LSM: lean soft tissue mass.