Table 3 Comparisons of physical activity between two groups of a rural population with prediabetes
Physical activity (PA) parameters | Intervention M (SD) | Control M (SD) | p value* | Cohen’s d [95% CI] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline (n = 136) | After (n = 129) | Baseline (n = 136) | After (n = 116) | |||
Vigorous PA (MET-min/week) median (interquartile) | 3193.1 (2354.0) | 2890.2 (168.3) | 3410.2 (2118.8) | 2811.9 (163.9) | 0.739 | 0.029 [−0.68 to 0.127] |
Intermediate PA (MET-min/week) | 2886.2 (1811.4) | 3119.4 (149.9) | 2384.1 (1877.2) | 2517.9 (161.2) | 0.006 | 0.029 [−0.068 to 0.12] |
Total PA (MET-min/week) | 6776.3 (3531.1) | 9031.1 (4369.0) | 6643.0 (3641.9) | 7775.1 (4142.9) | < 0.001 | 0.33 [0.23 to 0.43] |
Walking (MET-min/week) | 897.1 (106.1) | 2366.6 (141.9) | 1119.7 (119.1) | 1506.8 (139.2) | < 0.001 | 0.51 [0.4 to 0.60] |
PA at home (MET-min/week) | 2695.6 (1648 .3) | 2126.1 (1373.6) | 2891.5 (1519.2) | 2187.1 (1375.0) | < 0.001 | −0.63 [−0.06 to − 0.16] |
PA at work (MET-min/week), M (SD) | 3903.5 (3074.9) | 5891.4 (4018.1) | 3553.7 (2863.0) | 4489.4 (3533.4) | < 0.001 | 0.39 [0.29 to 0.49] |
Leisure time PA (MET-min/week) | 137.2 (144.3) | 215. 7 (15.4) | 132.0 (132.0) | 226.2 (14.8) | 0.629 | −0.02 [−0.12 to 0.07] |
Average sitting time, min/week, M (SD) | 1298.2 (352.4) | 620 (138.6) | 1408 (358.1) | 616.7 (122.9) | < 0.001 | 0.009 [−0.088 to 0.107] |