Table 2 Baseline participant demographics, behavior, well-being, and health, overall and according to intervention group

Age

51.1 ± 6.3

52.1 ± 6.5

50.0 ± 6.0

Gender: Female

127 (79)

65 (81)

62 (78)

 Chinese

130 (81)

67 (84)

63 (79)

 Malay

14 (9)

7 (9)

7 (9)

 Indian

13 (8)

5 (6)

8 (10)

 Others

3 (2)

1 (1)

2 (2)

 Secondary and below

84 (52)

41 (51)

43 (54)

 Pre-tertiary

46 (29)

25 (31)

21 (26)

 University and above

30 (19)

14 (18)

16 (20)

Work status: working

121 (76)

53 (66)

68 (85)

Marriage: Currently married

126 (79)

66 (82)

60 (75)

 Below 2000

34 (21)

17 (21)

17 (21)

 2000–3999

40 (25)

20 (25)

20 (25)

 4000–5999

34 (21)

15 (19)

19 (24)

 6000 and above

52 (32)

28 (35)

24 (30)

 Total MVPA (min/week)^a

442.7 ± 534.7

475.7 ± 618.1

409.8 ± 437.2

 Recreational MVPA (min/week)^a

71.3 ± 157.5

85.0 ± 207.1

57.6 ± 81.7

 Sedentary time (hour/week)^b

39.6 ± 22.3

38.7 ± 22.7

40.5 ± 22.0

 Time spent in Park (min/month)

171.4 ± 293.8

168.1 ± 303.2

174.7 ± 286.1

 PA in Park (min/month)

130.3 ± 261.8

132.7 ± 296.6

127.9 ± 223.6

 General health from SF-12 (range: 1–5)

2.8 ± 0.8

2.8 ± 0.8

2.8 ± 0.7

 K10 total (range: 10–50)

13.1 ± 3.6

12.7 ± 2.9

13.4 ± 4.1

 WHO5 total (range: 0–100)

58.3 ± 22.3

58.1 ± 22.1

58.5 ± 22.6

 Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)

5.05 ± 0.42

5.06 ± 0.41

5.04 ± 0.44

 High-density lipoprotein, HDL (mmol/L)

1.56 ± 0.46

1.58 ± 0.50

1.53 ± 0.43

 Low-density lipoprotein, LDL (mmol/L)

3.23 ± 0.87

3.44 ± 0.88

3.02 ± 0.81

 Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.27 ± 0.94

1.24 ± 0.60

1.30 ± 1.20

 Systolic blood pressure (mmHG)

118.0 ± 11.5

117.8 ± 11.6

118.2 ± 11.6

 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHG)

71.3 ± 7.5

71.5 ± 7.7

71.2 ± 7.3

 BMI (kg/m2)

23.9 ± 4.1

24.2 ± 4.1

23.6 ± 4.1