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Table 3 Body composition changes between baseline and wk 4, wk 8, and wk 12

From: Calcium plus vitamin D3 supplementation facilitated Fat loss in overweight and obese college students with very-low calcium consumption: a randomized controlled trial

 

Δ1(wk0 ~ wk 4)

Δ2 (wk0 ~ wk 8)

Δ3 (wk0 ~ wk 12)

 

Calcium+D

Control

P a

Calcium+D

Control

P

Calcium+D

Control

P

 

(n=26)

(n=25)

 

(n=25)

(n=23)

 

(n=22)

(n=21)

 

Body weight (kg)

−2.2±1.4 b

1.7±1.2

0.16

−3.3±1.6

3.3±1.4

0.94

−4.1±1.8

−3.5±1.9

0.25

Fat mass (kg)

−1.7±1.7

−1.0±1.1

0.13

−2.4±1.2

−1.7±0.8

0.03

−2.8±1.3

−1.8±1.3

0.02

Fat percentage (%)

−1.6±2.5

−0.8±1.3

0.19

−2.1±1.2

−1.1±0.9

<0.01

−2.6±1.6

−1.4±1.5

0.02

Lean mass (kg)

−0.4±1.0

−0.5±1.2

0.77

−0.8±0.9

−1.2±1.7

0.24

−1.1±1.1

−1.4±1.2

0.31

Visceral fat mass (kg) c

−0.3±0.3

−0.1±0.2

0.09

−0.4±0.3

−0.2±0.2

<0.01

−0.5±0.2

−0.3±0.2

0.01

VFA (cm2) c

−6.6±7.6

−2.9±6.6

0.12

−10.9±7.2

−4.6±4.9

<0.01

−12.0±6.4

−6.5±7.2

0.02

  1. Calcium+D, Calcium+vitamin D3 group. Control, control group. VFA, visceral fat area.
  2. Δ1=[(mean values wk 4)-(mean values wk 0)]. Δ2=[(mean values wk 8)-(mean values wk 0)]. Δ3=[(mean values wk 12)-(mean values wk 0)].
  3. a The P-value was calculated by independent t-test between means.
  4. b Mean ± standard deviation (all such values).
  5. c n=24 in both groups between wk 0 and wk4; n=23 and 22 for Calcium+D and control groups, respectively, between wk 0 and wk8; n=20 and 19 for Calcium+D and control groups, respectively, between wk 0 and wk12.
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