Table 2 Physical activity and Mediterranean diet and adjusted intervention attributable difference
Outcome measure | Intervention group (n = 81) | Control group (n = 79) | Intervention attributable difference (IG-CG) (mean difference (95% CI)) | p value | F statistic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | 3 months | Baseline | 3 months | ||||
Physical activity- IPAQ-METS/min/week | 2473 (1890) | 2400 (1960) | 2465 (1768) | 2283 (1548) | 180 (-363 to 724) | 0.513 | 0.430 |
Hours sitting per week | 42.1 (13.1) | 45.2 (11.7) | 43.9 (10.3) | 44.8 (9.8) | 0.6 (-3.3 to 4.6) | 0.759 | 0.095 |
Hours sitting viewing screens per week | 37.3 (15.5) | 41.7 (13.3) | 41.2 (11.1) | 40.9 (12.5) | 2.6 (-2.1 to 7.2) | 0.280 | 1.175 |
Average kcal per day | 476.3 (310.8) | 421.1 (247.9) | 414.4 (194.0) | 413.4 (213.4) | -35.3 (-106.7 to 36.2) | 0.330 | 0.956 |
Accelerometer | |||||||
% Sedentary | 81.8 (4.4) | 82.9 (4.5) | 81.9 (4.3) | 82.6 (5.0) | -0.2 (-1.5 to 1.2) | 0.788 | 0.072 |
% Light | 13.8 (3.2) | 13.0 (3.6) | 14.0 (4.0) | 13.3 (4.1) | 0.4 (-0.8 to 1.6) | 0.528 | 0.401 |
% Moderate | 4.4 (2.7) | 4.1 (2.8) | 4.0 (2.3) | 4.0 (2.2) | -0.2 (-0.7 to 0.3) | 0.421 | 0.652 |
% Vigorous | 0.04 (0.08) | 0.03 (0.08) | 0.05 (0.13) | 0.06 (0.19) | -0.01 (-0.07 to 0.05) | 0.821 | 0.051 |
% Very vigorous | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.01) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (-0.00 to 0.01) | 0.248 | 1.346 |
% Moderate-Vigorous | 4.4 (2.7) | 4.1 (2.5) | 4.1 (2.3) | 4.1 (2.2) | -0.2 (-0.7 to 0.3) | 0.409 | 0.686 |
Steps per minute | 7.4 (3.3) | 7.0 (3.4) | 6.8 (2.4) | 6.6 (2.5) | -0.4 (-1.0 to 0.2) | 0.174 | 1.867 |
Number of adherence criteria to the MD | 8.3 (2.0) | 8.5 (1.8) | 8.1 (1.7) | 8.3 (1.6) | 0.0 (-0.6 to 0.6) | 0.956 | 0.003 |