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Table 3 Physical Activity Outcomes at Baseline and Post-Intervention by Treatment Group

From: Changes in diet and physical activity resulting from the Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities randomized cardiovascular disease risk reduction multilevel intervention trial

Outcome

Baseline

Mean (SE)

Post-intervention

Mean (SE)

Pre-post change

Control

SHHC Intervention

Adjusted differenceb,c

Control

SHHC Intervention

Control

SHH Intervention

Mean (95% CI) a

p-value

Mean (95% CI) a

p-value

Mean (95% CI)

p-value

Accelerometer

Average daily step count

4687.9 (243.2)

4698.1 (718.2)

5220.5 (325.2)

5870.5 (304.5)

330.5 (− 626.5, 1287.4)

.498

912.4 (−498.1, 2322.8)

.201

581.9 (− 976.8, 2140.6)

.462

Light activity, average min/day

305.4 (9.3)

307.0 (8.8)

313.3 (11.6)

328.1 (9.9)

4.9 (−27.0, 36.8)

.764

16.1 (−13.9, 46.0)

.292

11.2 (−29.3, 51.6)

.588

MVPA, average min/day

14.2 (1.4)

14.6 (1.5)

17.0 (2.5)

22.1 (2.6)

2.5 (−4.2, 9.1)

.468

7.3 (0.9, 13.7)

.026

4.8 (−3.5, 13.2)

.254

Sedentary time, average min/day

521.5 (10.2)

503.3 (9.3)

504.7 (13.0)

500.3 (11.5)

−13.9 (−41.9, 14.0)

.328

−6.0 (−34.6, 22.5)

.679

7.9 (−31.2, 47.0)

.690

% of activity that is light intensity

36.2 (1.0)

37.0 (0.9)

37.4 (1.2)

38.6 (1.0)

0.9 (−2.2, 3.9)

.569

1.3 (−1.7, 4.3)

.388

0.4 (−3.6, 4.4)

.831

% of activity that is MVPA

1.7 (0.2)

1.8 (0.2)

2.0 (0.3)

2.6 (0.3)

0.3 (−0.4, 1.0)

.370

0.8 (0.1, 1.5)

.025

0.5 (−0.4, 1.4)

.307

% of total activity time that is sedentary

62.1 (1.0)

61.2 (0.9)

60.6 (1.3)

58.9 (1.2)

−1.2 (−4.3, 1.9)

.454

−2.1 (−5.2, 1.0)

.182

−0.9 (−5.0, 3.2)

.655

IPAQ

Total MET- min/week

593.8 (98.1)

702.0 (117.0)

1181.0 (281.0)

2080.4 (304.0)

499.2 (−150.5, 1148.8)

.132

1296.6 (662.7, 1930.5)

<.0001

797.4 (−92.4, 1687.2)

.079

Walking MET- min/week

93.0 (18.0)

135.0 (23.9)

213.8 (31.4)

346.1 (31.0)

108.2 (30.9, 185.5)

.006

221.7 (141.3, 302.2)

<.0001

113.5 (12.8, 214.2)

.027

Moderate MET-min/week

197.6 (41.6)

277.4 (65.8)

432.0 (129.2)

548.1 (100.8)

168.1 (−109.4, 445.6)

.234

246.2 (8.6, 483.9)

.042

78.2 (− 260.9, 417.3)

.651

Vigorous MET- min/week

303.2 (73.8)

289.5 (71.4)

535.1 (187.8)

1186.2 (243.4)

182.7 (− 298.2, 663.6)

.456

836.1 (329.1, 1343.1)

.001

653.4 (−38.8, 1345.6)

.064

Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire

Total hours per week of sedentary time

75.6 (6.5)

76.7 (4.8)

81.5 (8.6)

79.9 (16.7)

2.4 (−24.1, 28.9)

.857

0.0 (−35.2, 35.2)

.998

−2.5 (−43.5, 38.6)

.905

Hours per week sitting at desk

25.5 (2.3)

21.2 (1.8)

29.2 (3.6)

19.7 (2.4)

4.4 (−3.4, 12.1)

.270

−3.7 (−10.5, − 3.1)

.288

−8.0 (− 17.7, − 1.6)

.101

Hours per week sitting with friends

10.6 (1.7)

10.2 (1.2)

11.2 (3.4)

13.0 (6.3)

0.3 (−9.9, 10.4)

.957

1.8 (− 8.6, 12.3)

.729

1.6 (13.3, 16.5)

.836

Hours per week sitting and reading

26.6 (2.6)

26.8 (2.4)

25.3 (2.8)

23.7 (2.7)

−1.6 (−7.6, 4.3)

.593

−3.5 (−10.0, 3.1)

.296

−1.8 (− 10.4, 6.7)

.670

Hours per week driving

13.0 (3.7)

18.5 (2.4)

15.7 (4.9)

23.6 (13.9)

−0.1 (−20.6, 20.3)

.990

5.5 (− 24.5, 35.6)

.714

5.7 (− 25.5, 36.8)

.720

  1. aSignificant within-group pre-post changes are bolded and italicized (corrected p-value using Benjamini-Hochberg approach is .0468)
  2. bSignificant between-group differences are bolded (corrected p-value using Benjamini-Hochberg approach is .0468)
  3. cAdjusted for town, education, age, marital status, and baseline value of the outcome