Fig. 1

Course of all outcome parameters for control (dark grey) and intervention condition (light grey). ♦, ♦♦, ♦♦♦ indicate significant differences compared to baseline for intervention condition at p < 0.5, 0.01, 0.001, respectively, and x, x x, x x x, significant differences compared to baseline for control condition at p < 0.5, 0.01, 0.001, respectively, determined by Sidak-corrections. •, ••, ••• indicate significant differences between intervention and control condition at specific time point at p < 0.5, 0.01, 0.001, respectively, determined by Sidak-corrections. ECW, extracellular water; FFM, fat free mass; FM, fat mass; PhA, phase angle; SMM, skeletal muscle mass; TBW, total body water