Cardiometabolic measures
weight reduction
REGRESSION
Between baseline and the end of the program, HbA
Differences in physical fitness, body composition, and cardiometabolic outcomes in the standard and alternative program and between-group differences.CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; HbADifferences between groups are shown comparing the alternative vs the standard program adjusted for age; sex; and educational level.‡The ANOVA analyses revealed that the centre (cluster) was associated with the outcome; so for these outcomes mixed models were used. For all other outcomes; linear regression analyses were used.Significant differences are shown in bold.Except for body weight, there were no significant differences in all outcomes between the standard and the alternative programs (p>0.05). The difference favoured the standard group, with a more pronounced weight reduction of -0.94kg (95% CI -0.05 to -1.83; p=0.04). For weight metrics, the effects remained the same after adjusting for weight status at baseline (data not shown) when comparing both intervention programs.Throughout the 36 sessions, the average exercise training attendance was 30.6 sessions (85%) for the standard program and 28.9 sessions (80%) for the alterative program (1.7; 95% CI -0.22-3.62, p=0.08).