Clinically Meaningful Improvements in Body Composition
Compared with the controls, participants in the intervention group were more likely to show improvements of 5% or more from baseline values in all body components at 1 and 3 years of follow-up, although these improvements were more evident during the first year (absolute risk reduction after 1 year, 13% for total fat mass, 11% for total lean mass, and 14% for visceral fat mass; after 3 years, 6% for total fat mass, 6% for total lean mass and 8% for visceral fat mass) (