Table 4. All participants- changes in Fitness Fatness Index and other physical and physiological characteristics following the exercise interventions.
Standardised
(n = 19)
Effect Size Within Group Individualised
(n = 19)
Effect Size Within Group Control
(n = 8)
Effect Size Within Group Between group difference
Parameters Pre Post Cohen d Pre Post Cohen d Pre Post Cohen d p-value
FFI,
(METs/WtHR)
13.04 ± 4.15 14.45 ± 4.11 0.34 16.93 ± 5.41 19.54 ± 6.01 0.45 15.23 ± 2.48 15.87 ± 2.91 0.23 <0.001
METs 6.97 ± 1.34 7.49 ± 1.20 0.41 8.42 ± 2.14 9.39 ± 2.44 0.42 8.12 ± 1.29 7.91 ± 1.32 0.16 <0.001
WtHR 0.56 ± 0.08 0.54 ±0.08 0.25 0.51 ± 0.06 0.49 ± 0.05 0.36 0.51 ± 0.06 0.50 ± 0.05 0.18 0.012
WC (m) 0.94 ± 0.16 0.91 ± 0.15 0.19 0.88 ± 0.12 0.85 ± 0.11 0.26 0.87 ± 0.11 0.86 ± 0.11 0.09 0.005
Rel V̇O2max
(mL·kg-1·min-1)
24.38 ± 4.69 26.22 ± 4.19 0.41 29.48 ± 7.49 32.85 ± 8.55 0.42 28.41 ± 4.52 27.68 ± 4.63 0.15 <0.001
Abs V̇O2max
(Lmin-1)
2.05 ± 0.62 2.21 ± 0.61 0.30 2.38 ± 0.79 2.61 ± 0.85 0.28 2.16 ± 0.73 2.09 ± 0.70 0.09 <0.001
PA
(MET·min·wk-1)
838 ± 979 3680 ± 1671 2.07 937 ± 587 3855 ± 2261 1.77 1354 ± 1018 1176 ± 1109 0.17 0.007
Time sitting
(hour·day-1)
5.6 ± 2.7 4.5 ± 2.3 0.43 6.3 ± 2.4 5.4 ± 2.4 0.38 6.5 ± 1.2 6.9 ± 2.5 0.20 0.049
FFI, fitness fatness index; METs, metabolic equivalents; WtHR, waist to height ratio; WC, waist circumference; Rel V̇O2max, relative V̇O2 maximum; Abs V̇O2max, absolute V̇O2max; PA, physical activity