Effects of Exercise Training on Fat Loss and Lean Mass Gain in Mexican-American and Korean Premenopausal Women

Table 2

Multivariable-adjusted body composition at baseline and after 12 weeks of low- or high-intensity exercise training.

Measures (mean [SE])	Control ()			Low-intensity exercise ()			High-intensity exercise ()			for effect of group	for effect of exercise
	Baseline	After 12 weeks		Baseline	After 12 weeks		Baseline	After 12 weeks
Weight, kg	88.49 (1.02)	88.46 (1.02)	0.38	88.23 (1.02)	88.19 (1.02)	0.19	86.79 (1.02)	86.83 (1.02)	0.25	0.68	0.53
BMI, kg/m^2	36.05 (1.03)	35.98 (1.03)	1.00	32.17 (1.04)	30.95 (1.04)	0.03	34.37 (1.03)	33.5 (1.03)	0.12	0.03	0.0004
Body fat, %	41.28 (1.02)	40.75 (1.02)	0.04	40.32 (1.02)	39.02 (1.02)	<0.0001	41.21 (1.02)	40.06 (1.02)	<0.0001	0.57	<0.0001
Fat mass, kg	35.5 (1.03)	35.28 (1.03)	0.36	34.72 (1.03)	33.73 (1.03)	0.0008	35.22 (1.03)	34.27 (1.03)	0.0002	0.73	<0.0001
Lean mass, kg	47.55 (1.02)	48.47 (1.02)	0.001	48.61 (1.02)	49.65 (1.02)	0.002	47.54 (1.02)	48.50 (1.02)	0.0007	0.69	<0.0001
Visceral adipose tissue mass for Mexican-Americans, kg	0.83 (0.08)	0.75 (0.08)	0.16	0.78 (0.09)	0.73 (0.09)	0.46	0.80 (0.06)	0.75 (0.06)	0.29	0.97	0.08
Visceral adipose tissue area for Koreans, cm^2	78.8 (8.4)	82.1 (8.6)	0.54	71.8 (7.8)	56.2 (9.1)	0.04	81.4 (7.8)	73.3 (8.0)	0.08	0.34	0.08
Total mass, kg	86.14 (1.02)	86.68 (1.02)	0.006	85.80 (1.02)	85.94 (1.02)	0.53	85.33 (1.01)	85.25 (1.01)	0.68	0.84	0.11

All measures were adjusted for age, BMI, ethnicity, and interaction terms except for BMI itself.