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Table 2 Body composition in 18 healthy individuals as measured with Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) before and after an intervention with hyper-alimentation while simultaneously having a sedentary lifestyle for four weeks and when followed-up 12 months later

From: Long-term increase of fat mass after a four week intervention with fast food based hyper-alimentation and limitation of physical activity

  Baseline Women n = 6 Men n = 12 After intervention Women n = 6 Men n = 12 12 months after intervention Women n = 6 Men n = 10 Baseline vs after intervention* p-value Baseline vs after 12 months* p-value
BF (%)      
All 20.1(9.8) 23.8(8.3) 22.6(8.9) <0.001 0.023
Women 31.3(6.7) 33.4(6.4) 32.5(4) 0.08 0.45
Men 14.6(5.2) 19(4.4) 16.6(4.4) <0.001 0.011
FM (kg)      
All 12.7(5.7) 16.4(5.5) 14.7(5.1) <0.001 0.01
Women 17.9(4.2) 20.7(5.8) 19.3(3.5) 0.037 0.27
Men 10.1(4.4) 14.2(4) 11.9(3.7) <0.001 0.012
FFM (kg)      
All 54.9(11.3) 56.7(11.5) 54.9(11.1) <0.001 0.97
Women 41.9(5.3) 43.1(4.3) 42.4(4.6) 0.13 0.37
Men 61.5(6.8) 63.6(6.5) 62.4(5.3) <0.001 0.54
Trunk fat (kg)      
All 6.5(2.9) 8.6(2.7) 7.5(2.5) <0.001 0.014
Women 8.3(2.3) 9.6(3.1) 9.0(1.8) 0.097 0.29
Men 5.5(2.8) 8.1(2.5) 6.5(2.4) <0.001 0.022
Gynoid fat mass (kg)      
All 2.8(1.2) 3.4(1.2) 3.2(1.1) <0.001 0.005
Women 4.1(0.9) 4.5(1.1) 4.3(0.8) 0.038 0.24
Men 2.1(0.7) 2.8(0.6) 2.9(0.6) <0.001 0.005
Android fat mass (kg)      
All 1.0(0.5) 1.4(0.5) 1.2(0.5) <0.001 0.032
Women 1.3(0.4) 1.5(0.6) 1.4(0.3) 0.075 0.36
Men 0.9(0.6) 1.4(0.5) 1.0(0.5) <0.001 0.064
BMC (kg)      
All 3.00(0.45) 3.03(0.46) 2.98(0.47) 0.045 0.69
Women 2.50(0.24) 2.52(0.28) 2.50(0.32) 0.61 0.9
Men 3.25(0.27) 3.29(0.28) 3.27(0.27) 0.012 0.37
FMI (kg/m2)      
All 4.3(2.2) 5.4(2.2) 4.9(2.1) <0.001 0.018
Women 6.6(1.6) 7.6(2.1) 7.1(1.2) 0.034 0.31
Men 3.1(1.2) 4.3(1.2) 3.6(1.1) <0.001 0.011
FFMI (kg/m2)      
All 17.6(2.4) 18.2(2.4) 17.6(2.3) <0.001 0,80
Women 15.4(1.7) 15.8(1.2) 15.6(1.6) 0.15 0.33
Men 18.8(1.9) 19.4(1.8) 18.8(1.7) <0.001 0.56
  1. All figures are means (SD). All subjects participated at baseline and after the intervention. Twelve months after the intervention 16 subjects were included.
  2. BF = Body fat, FM = Fat mass, FFM = Fat free mass, BMC = Bone mineral content, FMI = Fat mass index and FFMI = Fat free mass index.
  3. *Comparisons are made with Students paired T-test.
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