Table 3. Comparison of baseline characteristics of participants in different groups (mean ± standard deviation.

	Measure	Total (n = 90)	SSG (n = 30)	HIIT (n = 30)	CG (n = 30)	SMD (SSG –HIIT)	SMD (SSG –CG)	SMD (CG – HIIT)
Men (n = 45)	Weight (kg)	75.15 ± 9.71	74.93 ± 10.96	75.00 ± 10.73	75.52 ± 7.81	-0.01	-0.06	0.06
	BMI (kg/m2)	23.38 ± 2.75	22.98 ± 2.96	23.60 ± 3.48	23.57 ± 1.61	-0.19	-0.25	-0.01
	SBP (mmHg)	127.76±3.31	128.27 ± 3.58	127.73 ± 4.03	127.27 ± 2.22	0.14	0.34	-0.14
	DBP (mmHg)	83.82 ± 4.31	83.67 ± 5.45	83.87 ± 4.34	83.93 ± 3.15	-0.04	-0.06	0.02
	Resting HR (bpm)	71.67 ± 3.66	70.00 ± 4.09	72.40 ± 3.76	71.60 ± 3.48	-0.36	-0.16	-0.22
	Handgrip Left(kg)	40.87 ± 3.16	40.99 ± 2.10	41.05 ± 3.71	40.57 ± 3.63	-0.02	0.15	-0.13
	Handgrip Right (kg)	42.78 ± 3.08	42.47 ± 2.16	43.63 ± 4.12	42.98 ± 2.84	-0.37	-0.20	-0.19
	1RM (kg)	52.87 ± 7.05	52.67 ± 7.94	53.47 ± 7.59	52.47 ± 5.90	-0.10	0.03	-0.15
	20m MFT (m)	510.22 ± 130.15	524.00 ± 119.81	492.00 ± 116.08	514.67 ± 157.56	0.27	0.07	0.16
	VO2max (ml/kg/min)	35.92 ± 5.14	36.55 ± 4.90	35.07 ± 4.55	36.14 ± 6.09	0.31	0.07	0.20
Women (n = 45)	Weight (kg)	64.4 ± 8.84	64.05 ± 9.28	65.30 ± 8.88	63.87 ± 8.89	-0.14	0.02	-0.16
	BMI (kg/m2)	23.08 ± 2.9	22.73 ± 3.02	23.53 ± 2.91	22.98 ± 2.93	-0.27	-0.08	-0.19
	SBP (mmHg)	129.4 ± 3.75	128.93 ± 3.94	129.07 ± 3.58	130.20 ± 3.86	-0.04	-0.33	0.30
	DBP (mmHg)	82.93 ± 3.51	83.53 ± 3.80	83.00 ± 2.54	82.27 ± 4.11	0.17	0.31	-0.22
	Resting HR (bpm)	73.89 ± 3.48	73.60 ± 3.92	74.20 ± 3.69	73.87 ± 2.97	-0.16	-0.08	-0.10
	Handgrip Left (kg)	30.87 ± 3.34	30.91 ± 4.31	30.80 ± 3.04	30.91 ± 2.66	0.03	0.00	0.04
	Handgrip Right (kg)	32.79 ± 3.48	32.84 ± 4.17	32.63 ± 3.29	32.91 ± 3.13	0.06	-0.02	0.09
	1RM (kg)	40.82 ± 4.34	40.80 ± 4.21	40.73 ± 4.11	40.93 ± 4.96	0.02	-0.03	0.04
	20m MFT (m)	374.22 ± 78.58	373.33 ± 44.51	377.33 ± 98.81	372.00 ± 87.44	-0.05	0.02	-0.06
	VO2max(ml/kg/min)	30.4 ± 2.48	30.26 ± 2.24	30.45 ± 2.69	30.49 ± 2.65	-0.08	-0.09	0.01

SSG: small-sided games; HIIT: high-intensity interval training; CG: control group; BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate; 1RM: One-Repetition Maximum; 20m MFT: 20-meter multi-stage fitness test; SMD: Standardized Mean Difference. Thresholds for interpreting SMD: <0.10 (negligible), 0.20 (small), 0.50 (medium), and 0.80 (large).