Associations of quality of life with physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and physical inactivity in a free living, multiethnic population in Hawaii: a longitudinal study

Table 2 Levels of physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake, and TV/video watching for participants of QOL cohort (N = 139) at the 7 time points

Time points	Physical activity	P*	Fruit and vegetable	P*	TV/video	P*
	(MET_hr/wk)		(serving/d)		(hr/d)
Baseline (T-1)	63.0 ± 4.7		6.7 ± 0.4		2.3 ± 0.1
3-month (T-2)	55.6 ± 4.7	0.11	7.0 ± 0.4	0.51	2.4 ± 0.1	0.44
6-month (T-3)	48.5 ± 4.8	0.001	6.7 ± 0.4	0.94	2.2 ± 0.1	0.46
9-month (T-4)	58.5 ± 4.7	0.35	5.8 ± 0.4	0.04	2.3 ± 0.1	0.97
12-month (T-5)	56.0 ± 4.8	0.13	6.0 ± 0.4	0.12	2.3 ± 0.1	0.94
18-month (T-6)	54.0 ± 4.8	0.048	5.5 ± 0.4	0.01	2.3 ± 0.1	0.95
24-month (T-7)	61.9 ± 4.8	0.87	6.6 ± 0.4	0.79	2.2 ± 0.1	0.50

Note: Values are presented as mean ± SE; QOL = quality of life. MET = metabolic equivalent
* P value for difference between T-1 (baseline) and T-2, T-3, T-4, T-5, T-6, or T-7 from repeated-measures MIXED model.

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