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Table 2 Anthropometric and physiological characteristics of participants

From: Whole-body cryostimulation as an effective method of reducing low-grade inflammation in obese men

Variable

HCF group

LCF group

P value

FFM (kg)

76.5 ± 2.7

68.6 ± 5.4

0.004

SMM (kg)

43.8 ± 1.6

39.0 ± 3.4

0.005

Fat (kg)

23.2 ± 3.2

38.9 ± 8.2

0.0007

Fat (%)

23.2 ± 2.5

35.8 ± 4.2

0.0002

VFA (cm2)

122.6 ± 9.5

173.7 ± 30.5

0.001

VO2max (mL kg−1 min−1)

43.0 ± 3.0

25.7 ± 2.0

0.0002

VO2max (mL \( {\text{kg}}_{\text{SMM}}^{ - 1} \) min−1)

99.9 ± 4.8

71.1 ± 9.6

0.00004

  1. Values are mean ± SD
  2. FFM free fat mass, SMM skeletal muscle mass, Fat fat mass, Fat  % percentage of body fat, VFA visceral fat area, VO 2max maximal oxygen uptake expressed in relatively values and per kg skeletal muscle mass, HCF (n = 7) higher cardiorespiratory fitness, LCF (n = 7) lower cardiorespiratory fitness