Table 2

Physical exercises, characteristic and body composition changes and of the subjects from the baseline to PiPy

Base-linePiPyChanges for all subjects/males/femalesP-values
All (male/female)772 (610/162)772 (610/162)
BMI (kg/m2)21.8±3.5
(22.1±3.7/20.6±2.7)
22.2±3.3
(22.4±3.3/21.4±2.9)
0.4±1.0
(0.3±0.9/0.8±1.3)
<0.001
(<0.001/<0.001)
SBP (mm Hg)116.8±11.0 (118.9±10.6/108.9±8.6)114.6±11.5 (115.9±11.2/107.0±9.6)−3.2±9.6
(−3.4±9.8/–2.3±8.5)
<0.001
(<0.001/0.002)
DBP (mm Hg)68.0±7.0
(68.1±7.1/67.4±6.5)
65.2±8.9
(65.5±9.0/64.1±8.4)
−2.9±8
(−2.7±8/–3.5±7.9)
<0.001
(<0.001/<0.001)
Heart rate (bpm)82.8±12.7 (81.4±12.2/88.4±13.1)72.5±12.7
(71.3±10.6/77.0±9.5)
−10.4±11.2
(−10.2±10.9/–11±12.2)
<0.001
(<0.001/<0.001)
Run 50 m (sec)7.93±0.94
(7.53±0.50/9.41±0.69)
7.88±3.29
(7.43±0.41/9.57±0.63)
−0.15±0.41
(−0.09±0.36/–0.4±0.49)
<0.001
(<0.001/<0.001)
Run 1000 m for males (min)4.08±0.513.68±0.39−0.39±0.46<0.001
Run 800 m for females (min)3.99±0.433.47±0.71−0.52±0.69<0.001
Standing long jump (cm)206.04±29.99
(217.76±20.37/161.49±15.72)
218.12±30.14
(230.54±18.73/170.95±15.23)
12.08±12.77
(12.78±13.06/9.47±10.78)
<0.001
(<0.001/<0.001)
Handgrip (n)34.26±9.15
(37.30±7.46/23.38±5.45)
39.52±11.32
(43.01±9.67/27.06±6.70)
5.26±8.91
(5.70±9.04/3.68±7.81)
<0.001
(<0.001/<0.001)
Sit and reach (cm)8.04±7.94
(7.35±7.90/10.95±7.31)
15.37±7.70
(14.71±7.82/18.01±6.63)
7.33±6.83
(7.37±6.81/7.06±6.89)
<0.001
(<0.001/<0.001)
Pull-up for males (n)3.53±3.755.45±4.211.92±3.08<0.001
Sit-up for females (n)32.33±10.3835.70±8.543.37±7.73<0.001
Relative fat value (%)18.10±9.15
(15.36±7.99/28.42±4.84)
19.4±8.23
(16.89±7.06/28.94±4.62)
1.289±3.023
(1.5±3.208/0.488±1.997)
<0.001
(<0.001/0.002)
Absolute fat value (%)12.119±7.381
(11.133±7.626/15.833±4.834)
13.078±6.893
(12.12±7.00/16.71±5.02)
0.957±2.400
(0.987±2.583/0.843±1.513)
<0.001 (<0.001/<0.001)
Visceral fat (%)1.31±0.76
(1.39±0.83/1.02±0.22)
1.28±0.66
(1.35±0.72/1.03±0.20)
−0.02±0.46
(−0.03±0.51/0.01±0.13)
0.150
(0.132/0.745)
Skeletal muscle content (%)10.399±2.686
(11.501±1.728/6.254±1.172)
10.673±2.497
(11.7±1.561/6.766±1.177)
0.248±0.643
(0.179±0.64/0.513±0.586)
<0.001 (<0.001/<0.001)
  • BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; PiPy, Physical exercise Intervention Program in the Youth; SBP, systolic blood pressure.