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Table 3 Anthropometric and body composition parameters of the intervention groups that took martial arts. Values expressed as mean (±SD)

From: Effectiveness of martial arts exercise on anthropometric and body composition parameters of overweight and obese subjects: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Reference

Baseline

Follow-up

N

BW

BMI

WC

HC

WHR

FM (%)

FM (kg)

N

BW

BMI

WC

HC

WHR

FM (%)

FM (kg)

Tsang et al. [30]

12

84.9

32.1 (6.7)

99.1 (17.9)

NR

NR

44.6 (6.6)

37.5 (15.0)

11

87.2

32.7 (7.8)

100.2 (19.3)

NR

NR

43.1 (7.6)

37.4 (15.7)

Beebe et al. [31]

16

88.6 (13.95)

33.7 (4.8)

105.6 (9.1)

121.04 (11.9)

NR

NR

NR

13

86.3 (14.5)a

32.8 (5.0)

102.0 (10.4)a

118.7 (11.6)

NR

NR

NR

Chen et al. [32]

56

NR

33.5 (4.8)

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

50

NR

31.3 (4.2)a

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Chyu et al. [33]

23

96.1 (15.2)

36.14 (5.42)

NR

NR

NR

NR

45.06 (10.68)

16

96.1 (17.1)

35.74 (5.97)

NR

NR

NR

NR

44.05 (11.69)

Dechamps et al. [34]

11

95.9 (14.7)

37.4 (4.8)

NR

NR

NR

48.5 (4.3)

46.6 (9)

11

92.5 (15.9)

36.0 (5.6)

NR

NR

NR

45.6 (5.1)a

42.6 (9.5)a

Katkowski et al. [35]

14

90.0 (3.9)

34.3 (5.1)

106.8 (2.6)

NR

NR

34.9 (1.2)

43.0 (2.5)

14

87.7 (4.0)a

NRa

103.6 (3.0)a

NR

NR

30.9 (1.4)a

41.0 (2.6)a

  1. a p < 0.05; N participants, BW body weight, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, HC hip circumference, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, FM fat mass, NR not reported, SD standard deviation