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Table 1 Descriptive and anthropometric initial characteristics

From: Muscle irisin response to aerobic vs HIIT in overweight female adolescents

Descriptive characteristics

Variables

HIIT (n = 15)

Aerobic (n = 15)

p

Age (years)

16.13 ± 1.64

15.47 ± 1.73

0.2877

Weight (kg)

82.62 ± 14.09

84.21 ± 16.88

0.781

Height (m)

1.61 ± 0.06

1.6 ± 0.07

0.6539

BMI (kg/m2)

31.65 ± 4.83

32.67 ± 5.91

0.6079

Percentile of BMI

92.67 ± 4.17

94 ± 2.07

0.2767

Waist circumference (cm)

93.46 ± 9.9

95.46 ± 15.51

0.6769

Fat mass (%)

34.39 ± 2.32

40.5 ± 17.92

0.1997

Muscle mass (%)

29.91 ± 3.14

41.79 ± 25.48

0.0833

SBP (mmHg)

113.67 ± 10.42

110.57 ± 7.17

0.3629

DBP (mmHg)

70.6 ± 8.36

71 ± 6.16

0.8852

VO2peak (ml/kg min)

28.23 ± 3.96

27.11 ± 4.14

0.454

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD
  2. BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, VO 2peak peak oxygen consumption
  3. p values were obtained by means of t test