Dietary Re-education, Exercise Program, Performance and Body Indexes Associated with Risk Factors in Overweight/Obese Women

Table 2 Relation of neck circumference to other variables before (T1) and after the interventions (T2)

Variables	Subjects (n)	NC (cm) at T1 or T2
		r	r² or CI	p
Weight (kg) T1	49	0.78	0.61	0.0001*
Weight (kg) T2	27	0.79	0.63	0.0001*
Δ weight (kg)	27	0.002	2.35E-06	0.9940¶
Body mass index (kg/m²) T1	49	0.71	0.05	0.0001*
Body mass index (kg/m²) T2	27	0.68	0.47	0.0001*
Δ Body mass index (kg/m²)	27	0.30	0.09	0.1270¶
Body fat % by anthropometry T1	50	0.61	0.37	0.0001*
Body fat % by anthropometry T2	27	0.60	0.36	0.0010
Δ body fat % by anthropometry	27	0.33	0.12	0.0917¶
Body fat % by bioimpedance T1	45	0.64	0.40	0.0001*
Body fat % by bioimpedance T2	20	0.74	0.54	0.0002*
Δ body fat % by bioimpedance†	20	0.10	-0.53 to 0.37	0.6648¶
Fat mass by anthropometry (kg) T1	49	0.65	0.42	0.0001*
Fat mass by anthropometry (kg) T2	27	0.71	0.50	0.0001*
Fat mass by bioimpedance (kg) T1	48	0.67	0.45	0.0001*
Fat mass by bioimpedance (kg) T2	20	0.90	0.81	0.0001*
Sum of 3 skinfolds (mm) T1	50	0.63	0.40	0.0001*
Sum of 3 skinfolds (mm) T2	27	0.63	0.40	0.0004*
Sum of 8 skinfolds (mm) T1	50	0.69	0.48	0.0001*
Sum of 8 skinfolds (mm) T2	27	0.67	0.46	0.0001*
Abdominal circumference (cm) T1	50	0.67	0.46	0.0001*
Abdominal circumference (cm) T2	27	0.62	0.38	0.0006*
Waist/hip ratio T1	50	0.48	0.23	0.0004*
Waist/hip ratio T2	27	0.41	0.17	0.0320*
Arm muscle circumference (cm) T1	50	0.28	0.08	0.0450*
Arm muscle circumference (cm) T2	27	0.16	0.02	0.4225¶

Statistics: most variables presented Gaussian distribution and therefore Pearson linear correlation was used; † Spearman correlation. *Significant; ¶Nonsignificant. CI: confidence interval. Δ: variation (T2-T1) of the variables in question.

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