The Effect of High-Intensity Intermittent Exercise on Body Composition of Overweight Young Males

Table 2

Regional changes in body composition for the high-intensity intermittent exercise and no exercise control groups (𝑁=38; mean and standard error).

Region of fat mass	Exercise		Control
	Pre*	Post	Pre*	Post
Leg fat (kg)	9.6±0.8	9.0±0.7	9.9±0.7	9.8±0.7
Leg lean (kg)	18.6±0.6	19.0±0.6^∗∗	18.5±0.6	18.5±0.5
Arm fat (kg)	2.7±0.2	2.5±0.2^∗∗	2.6±0.1	2.7±0.2
Arm lean (kg)	6.7±0.2	6.7±0.2	6.4±0.4	6.6±0.3
Abdominal fat (kg)	2.3±0.1	2.2±0.1^∗∗	2.4±0.2	2.4±0.2
Abdominal lean (kg)	3.7±0.1	3.7±0.1	3.5±0.1	3.5±0.1
Trunk fat (kg)	17.0±0.9	15.5±0.9^∗∗	17.2±1.2	17.3±1.3
Trunk lean (kg)	24.9±0.7	25.6±0.7^∗∗	24.0±0.8	23.9±0.7

* Prevalues were used as covariates for ANCOVA.
^∗∗𝑃<0.05, change significantly greater compared to that of control group.