Mean values (standard deviation) of the growth hormone and the insulin-like growth factor 1 immediately bevor and after the first (T1, T2) and last (T3, T4) intervention in the BFR+HIIT group and HIIT group.

Table 2: Mean values (standard deviation) of the growth hormone and the insulin-like growth factor 1 immediately bevor and after the first (T1, T2) and last (T3, T4) intervention in the BFR+HIIT group and HIIT group.

	T1	T2	Change [%]; time effect	Interaction effect			T3	T4	Change [%]; time effect	Interaction effect
				F	p	η_p²				F	p	η_p²
Growth hormone [ng/ml]
BFR+HIIT	0.24 (0.43)	17.09 (9.80)	+ 7021; p < 0.001	0.10	0.754	0.005	0.30 (0.57)	13.80 (7.30)	+ 4500; p < 0.001	0.13	0.726	0.006
HIIT	0.16 (0.17)	15.65 (11.15)	+ 9681; p = 0.001				0.94 (1.60)	15.82 (12.04)	+ 1583; p = 0.001
Insulin-like growth factor 1 [ng/ml]
BFR+HIIT	303.7 (80.8)	330.8 (85.3)	+ 8.9; p = 0.002	2.82	0.107	0.114	277.5 (74.2)	302.8 (78.8)	+ 9.1; p < 0.001	3.10	0.093	0.123
HIIT	296.8 (56.9)	309.6 (61.0)	+ 4.3; p = 0.028				272.7 (58.4)	287.3 (64.1)	+ 5.4; p = 0.001

Significantly differences to the BFR+HIIT group are marked in HIIT group: ^*p ≤ 0.050, ^**p ≤ 0.010, ^***p ≤ 0.001.