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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Improvements (treatment effect) were seen in BMI (+0. 56 kg/m2, 95 % CI 0. 18 to 0. 95, p = 0. 004), FFMI (+0. 60 kg/m2, 95 % CI 0. 15 to 1. 05, p = 0. 01), haemoglobin (+9. 1 g/l, 95 % CI 2. 5 to 15. 7, p = 0. 008), peak workload (+7. 2 W, 95 % CI 3. 7 to 10. 6, p < 0. 001), quadriceps isometric force (+28. 3 N, 95 % CI 7. 2 to 49. 3, p = 0. 009), endurance time (+5. 9 min, 95 % CI 3. 1 to 8. 8, p < 0. 001) and, in women, Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (+16. 5 units, 95 % CI 5. 3 to 27. 7, p = 0. 006).