Table III Comparison of mean BMI and... | Emerald Publishing

Table III

Comparison of mean BMI and WHtR from baseline (first), fourth month (second) and sixth month (third) of the experimental and the control groups

					4-month change (within group)	4-month change (between group)	6-month change (within group)	6-month change (between group)
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st–2nd	1st–2nd	1st–3rd	1st–3rd
Variables	Group	Mean±SD			Mean diff. (95% CI)
BMI	Experimental group	30.6±4.5	29.5±4.5	30.1±4.3	1.1** (0.8, 1.4)	0.7* (0.1, 1.3)	0.5** (0.2, 0.8)	0.4 (−0.2, 1.0)
	Control group	30.3±5.2	30.0±5.0	30.2±4.9	0.4 (−0.1, 0.9)		0.1 (−0.4, 0.6)
WHtR	Experimental group	0.57±0.06	0.56±0.06	0.56±0.06	0.01** (0.01, 0.01)	0.01* (0.00, 0.01)	0.01** (0.00, 0.01)	0.00 (−0.00, 0.01)
	Control group	0.58±0.08	0.58±0.07	0.58±0.07	0.00 (−0.00, 0.01)		0.00 (−0.00, 0.00)

					4-month change (within group)	4-month change (between group)	6-month change (within group)	6-month change (between group)
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st–2nd	1st–2nd	1st–3rd	1st–3rd
Variables	Group	Mean±SD			Mean diff. (95% CI)
BMI	Experimental group	30.6±4.5	29.5±4.5	30.1±4.3	1.1** (0.8, 1.4)	0.7* (0.1, 1.3)	0.5** (0.2, 0.8)	0.4 (−0.2, 1.0)
	Control group	30.3±5.2	30.0±5.0	30.2±4.9	0.4 (−0.1, 0.9)		0.1 (−0.4, 0.6)
WHtR	Experimental group	0.57±0.06	0.56±0.06	0.56±0.06	0.01** (0.01, 0.01)	0.01* (0.00, 0.01)	0.01** (0.00, 0.01)	0.00 (−0.00, 0.01)
	Control group	0.58±0.08	0.58±0.07	0.58±0.07	0.00 (−0.00, 0.01)		0.00 (−0.00, 0.00)

Notes: CI, Confidence interval. *p<0.05; **p<0.01