Impact of exercise changes on body composition during the college years - a five year randomized controlled study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Baseline data and overall changes (mean values ± standard deviations) with differences between the groups for Total Body Mass and the primary and secondary study endpoints; sports students (SPS: n = 53) vs. dentistry students (DES: n = 61)

Study degree	SPS	DES	p
Parameters	MV ± SD	MV ± SD	p
Total Body Mass [kg] baseline	67.99 ± 8.59	67.90 ± 11.82	.97
Difference after 4.5 years [kg]	69.31 ± 9.03	70.20 ± 9.77	.86
Total Body Fat [kg] baseline	12.58 ± 4.28	14.49 ± 3.73	.01
Difference after 4.5 years [kg]	−0.284 ± 2.245	1.612 ± 3.836	.03
Total Lean Body Mass [kg] baseline	55.37 ± 9.44	53.42 ± 11.73	.33
Difference after 4.5 years [kg]	1.300 ± 2.287	0.863 ± 2.562	.36
Abdominal Body Fat [g] baseline	975 ± 377	1184 ± 449	.01
Difference after 4.5 years [kg]	−14 ± 270	240 ± 498	.02
ASMM [kg]^a baseline	25.44 ± 4.97	24.30 ± 6.36	.29
Difference after 4.5 years [kg]	0.589 ± 1.389	0.171 ± 1.859	.23

ISSN: 1471-2458