Effects of high vs moderate-intensity intermittent training on functionality, resting heart rate and blood pressure of elderly women

Table 2 Anthropometric changes in elderly women after 8 weeks (post) of HIIT (n = 15), MIIT (n = 15), and MICT (n = 16) and 2 (DT2w) and 4 (DT4w) weeks of detraining

	Baseline	Post	DT2w	DT4w	ANOVA
	Baseline	Post	DT2w	DT4w	F	p
Body mass (kg)
HIIT	69.3 ± 6.9	67.7 ± 6.6^a	68.2 ± 6.7^ab	69.3 ± 6.7^bc	61.7	< 0.001
MICT	70.8 ± 3.9	69.8 ± 3.7^a	70.8 ± 3.7^b	72.3 ± 3.6^abc	219.9	< 0.001
MIIT	69.2 ± 4.6	68.2 ± 4.3^a	69.0 ± 4.3^b	70.0 ± 4.4^abc	127.1	< 0.001
Fat mass (kg)
HIIT	19.1 ± 5.3	17.1 ± 5.3^a	17.8 ± 5.3^ab	18.7 ± 5.4^abc	187.6	< 0.001
MICT	19.4 ± 5.1	18.6 ± 4.8^a	19.5 ± 4.8^b	20.7 ± 5.0^abc	142.2	< 0.001
MIIT	18.3 ± 4.3	17.3 ± 3.9^a	18.0 ± 4.1^b	19.0 ± 4.2^abc	66.9	< 0.001
Fat mass (%)
HIIT	27.2 ± 5.7	24.9 ± 5.8^a	25.8 ± 5.8^ab	26.6 ± 5.9^abc	126.9	< 0.001
MICT	27.1 ± 6.1	26.4 ± 5.8^a	27.4 ± 5.8^b	28.5 ± 5.9^abc	86.2	< 0.001
MIIT	26.3 ± 5.3	25.1 ± 5.1^a	26.0 ± 5.1^b	27.0 ± 5.1^abc	66.2	< 0.001
Fat-free mass (kg)
HIIT	29.4 ± 2.8	29.6 ± 2.7	29.3 ± 2.8	29.5 ± 2.9	0.068	0.976
MICT	30.1 ± 3.5	29.9 ± 3.6	29.7 ± 1.5	29.4 ± 1.6	0.262	0.852
MIIT	30.1 ± 3.2	30.1 ± 3.2	29.6 ± 1.8	30.1 ± 1.8	0.546	0.653

DT detraining, HIIT, MIIT, and MICT high-intensity interval training, moderate-intensity interval training, and moderate-intensity continuous training groups, respectively
^aDifferent from baseline
^bDifferent from POST
^cDifferent from DT2w

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