Anthropometric data for men and women allocated to the placebo and the leucine groups
| Group | Sample (n) | Age (years) | BMI (kg/m2) | SMI (%) |
| Placebo | Men (12) | 60±4 | 26.7±1.6 | 35.7±3.0 |
| Women (12) | 63±6 | 26.2±3.4 | 25.5±2.5 | |
| Leucine | Men (12) | 61±4 | 25.8±2.1 | 34.4±2.5 |
| Women (12) | 66±6 | 24.4±2.0 | 26.3±2.4 |
BMI, body mass index; SMI, Skeletal Mass Index.