Table 3 Physical function, strength and body composition from baseline to four and eight months

63

42

18.6

(17.0–20.2)

16.7

(15.1–18.6)

16.0

(14.0–18.2)

1.05

(0.91–1.20)

0.500

15.2

(13.5–17.2)

18.6

(16.2–21.3)

0.81

(0.70–0.96)

0.010

63

41

14.1

(12.3–16.1)

13.2

(11.5–15.0)

13.8

(11.9–16.0)

0.96

(0.87–1.05)

0.350

13.0

(11.2–15.0)

14.6

(12.5–16.9)

0.89

(0.80–0.99)

0.030

56

20

26.2

(22.2–30.9)

23.8

(20.0–28.4)

29.0

(23.3–36.2)

0.82

(0.69–0.98)

0.030

23.2

(19.3–27.9)

30.5

(24.2–38.5)

0.76

(0.62–0.93)

0.007

63

41

0.73

(0.67–0.79)

0.75

(0.69–0.82)

0.74

(0.66–0.81)

0.01

(−0.04–0.07)

0.600

0.77

(0.70–0.85)

0.68

(0.60–0.76)

0.09

(0.03–0.16)

0.006

63

41

1.01

(0.92–1.10)

1.06

(0.96–1.15)

0.97

(0.86–1.07)

0.09

(0.02–0.16)

0.010

1.04

(0.94–1.15)

0.95

(0.85–1.06)

0.09

(0.00–0.17)

0.030

64

42

26.4

(24.7–28.0)

26.5

(24.6–28.4)

24.9

(22.7–27.0)

1.2

(−0.5–3.7)

0.134

22.7

(20.5–24.9)

23.3

(21.0–25.5)

−0.6

(−3.0–1.9)

0.639

64

42

181

(166–195)

195

(179–212)

179

(160–198)

16 (−2–34)

0.074

201

(182–219)

175

(155–194)

26 (6–46)

0.010

63

42

2.6

(2.4–2.8)

2.8

(2.6–3.0)

2.6

(2.3–2.8)

0.2

(−0.02–0.5)

0.073

2.9

(2.7–3.1)

2.5

(2.3–2.8)

0.4

(0.1–0.7)

0.005

64

42

431

(365–497)

436

(356–517)

337

(241–434)

99

(−8–205)

0.069

384

(292–476)

383

(282–483)

1

(− 118–120)

0.982

63

43

26.4

(25.4–27.5)

26.6

(25.5–27.7)

26.5

(25.4–27.7)

1.00

(0.98–1.02)

0.890

26.3

(25.2–27.4)

26.5

(25.3–27.6)

0.99

(0.97–1.02)

0.600

59

37

28.9

(26.6–31.4)

28.9

(26.4–31.7)

27.8

(25.0–30.9)

1.04

(0.95–1.14)

0.380

28.2

(25.5–31.2)

29.7

(26.7–33.0)

0.95

(0.86–1.05)

0.310

59

35

47.2

(44.6–49.9)

47.5

(44.9–50.3)

47.1

(44.4–49.9)

1.01

(0.99–1.03)

0.390

46.8

(44.2–49.6)

47.1

(44.4–49.9)

0.99

(0.97–1.02)

0.670