Effects of Continuous Yoga on Body Composition in Obese Adolescents

Table 5

Muscle mass of the yoga and control groups.

Follow-up	Groups		value
	Yoga (n = 20)	Control (n = 20)
Week 0	25.31 (1.60)	24.25 (1.76)	0.059
Week 8	25.39 (1.59)	23.62 (1.86) ††	0.005
Week 12	25.83 (1.45) ††	23.81 (1.83) †	0.002
Mean difference	0.515	−0.440	NT
95% CI for difference	0.130–0.900	(−0.888)–0.008
value	0.002	0.002

Data are presented as the means (SD). NT: not detected. Statistical analysis. Mann–Whitney U test. Friedman’s test. †Significant difference from day 0 within group (). ††Significant difference from day 0 within group (). †††Significant difference from day 0 within group ().