Moderate-Intensity Exercise Improves Body Composition and Improves Physiological Markers of Stress in HIV-Infected Men

Table 5

Body composition of exercise subjects above and below 20% body fat. Body composition variables, and within group changes, of exercise subjects as they are stratified into groups of above 20% total body fat (+20) and below 20% total body fat (−20), based on preintervention DXA testing.

	+20% Fat group (𝑁=14)			−20% Fat group (𝑁=17)
	Pre	Post	P value	Pre	Post	P value
Height (m)	1.76±0.01	1.76±0.01	—	1.74±0.02	1.74±0.02	—
Mass (kg)	78.1±2.7	78.0±3.0	.665	65.8±2.4	66.7±2.4	.007*
BMI (m/kg)	25.4±0.9	25.3±1.0	.664	21.3±0.8	21.6±0.9	.007*
LTM (kg)	56.4±1.7	57.1±1.7	.027*	56.3±1.5	57.1±1.5	.014*
FM (kg)	23.4±2.4	22.71±2.4	.02*	6.7±0.9	7.0±1.0	.143
% Total Body Fat	28.6±1.5	27.7±1.6	.009*	10.1±1.1	10.4±1.1	.269
% Fat Trunk	33.7±1.3	32.2±1.4	.001*	11.8±1.5	12.1±1.5	.299
% Fat ARM	22.3±2.4	22.0±2.4	.619	6.6±0.8	6.8±1.1	.757
% FatLEG	24.3±2.7	24.0±2.8	.269	9.7±1.2	9.3±0.9	.578
LTM ARM (kg)	6.9±0.3	6.9±0.3	.746	6.8±0.3	6.9±0.3	.189
LTM LEG (kg)	18.4±.0.6	18.6±0.6	.660	18.5±0.7	19.1±0.8	.014*
LTM TRK (kg)	27.3±1.1	27.8±0.9	.268	27.0±0.8	27.0±0.7	.898

*Indicates a significant change from pre- to postintervention within groups.