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Table 2 Comparison of muscle strength and lean mass between HUR and conventional gym training by gender at baseline (n = 80)

From: Associations of sarcopenia components with physical activity and nutrition in Australian older adults performing exercise training

  

HUR Men (n = 20)

Conventional Men (n = 7)

P-value for difference

HUR Women (n = 37)

Conventional Women (n = 16)

P-value for difference

Muscle strength

HGS (kg)

34.04 (8.56)

32.19 (7.19)

0.588

22.49 (5.52)

22.53 (5.38)

0.979

Lean mass

ALM (kg)

23.93 (4.15)

23.84 (4.18)

0.960

16.99 (4.22)

15.61 (2.25)

0.128

FNIH

ALM/BMI (kg/m2)

0.86 (0.14)

0.88 (0.08)

0.789

0.59 (0.10)

0.60 (0.08)

0.774

EWGSOP2

ALM/h2 (kg/m2)

7.96 (0.84)

7.97 (0.86)

0.991

6.69 (1.47)

6.15 (0.66)

0.072

  1. HUR Helsinki University Research, HGS hand grip strength, ALM appendicular lean mass, BMI body mass index, FNIH Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Sarcopenia Project, EWGSOP2 European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (January 2019 update). Analyses are independent sample t-tests for normally distributed data and Mann-Whitney tests for non-normally distributed data