BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

Table 4 Pre- and post-study body mass, body fat and VO_2peak in the ET group and the ET + S group

From: No effects of a 4-week post-exercise sauna bathing on targeted gut microbiota and intestinal barrier function, and hsCRP in healthy men: a pilot randomized controlled trial

	Pre-study		Post-study		2-way ANOVA (p-value;η²)
	ET Mean ± SD	ET + S Mean ± SD	ET + S Mean ± SD	ET Mean ± SD	Group	Time	Group x Time
Body mass (kg)	79.0 ± 5.2	77.5 ± 9.9	79.9 ± 5.9	78.0 ± 9.0	0.685	0.079	0.553
Body fat (%)	19 ± 5.3	21.3 ± 3.5	18.6 ± 4.7	20.3 ± 3.7	0.371	0.028 (0.32)	0.361
VO_{2 peak} (ml/kg/min)	51.6 ± 5.5	48.2 ± 8.2	50.8 ± 6.3	49.9 ± 8.8	0.584	0.215	0.150

p < 0.05 were in bold
η² Effect size, VO_2peak Peak oxygen uptake

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