Week | Control group (kg), mean ± SD | p-valuea | Experimental group (kg), mean ± SD | p-valuea | p-valueb |
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(n = 26) | (n = 25) | ||||
1st week | 0 | 0 | |||
2nd week | 0.001 ± 0.011 | 0.7269 | − 0.001 ± 0.018 | 0.8044 | 0.6942 |
4th week | 0.004 ± 0.012 | 0.1092 | − 0.007 ± 0.025 | 0.1813 | 0.0596 |
6th week | 0.006 ± 0.016 | 0.0717 | − 0.014 ± 0.027 | 0.0212 | 0.0040 |
8th week | 0.003 ± 0.014 | 0.1163 | − 0.019 ± 0.028 | 0.0045 | 0.0019 |
Slope of time (SE) | 0.0007 | 0.0046 | − 0.0023 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |