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 V̇O
2
max
(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 V̇O
2
max
(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 V̇O
2
max, relative V̇O
2
maximum; Abs V̇O
2
max, absolute V̇O
2
max; PA, physical activity