Effectiveness of the physical activity intervention program in the PREDIMED-Plus study: a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants

	All (n = 6059)	Control (n = 3086)	Intervention (n = 2973)	P ¹
Men	3117 (51.4%)	1583 (51.3%)	1534 (51.6%)	0.814
Age, y	65.0 (4.9)	65.0 (4.9)	64.9 (4.9)	0.415
Smoker	863 (14.2%)	405 (13.1%)	458 (15.4%)	0.011
Education²	3075 (50.8%)	1522 (49.3%)	1553 (52.2%)	0.023
BMI, kg/m²	32.5 (3.45)	32.5 (3.48)	32.5 (3.43)	0.948
Waist, cm	107 (9.69)	108 (9.73)	107 (9.65)	0.511
Light PA, METs min /d	63.9 [0.00;160]	63.9 [0.00;160]	63.9 [0.00;160]	0.659
MVPA, METs min /d	158 [11;360]	160 [12;375]	150 [8;349]	0.015
Total PA, METs min /d	273 [123;488]	280 [130;499]	260 [120;480]	0.012
MDS, unit	8.49 (2.68)	8.54 (2.71)	8.45 (2.65)	0.180

BMI body mass index, MET metabolic equivalent of task, MDS Mediterranean diet score, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, PA physical activity
Categorical, continuous normal, and continuous non-normal distributed variables are expressed as n (proportion), mean (standard deviation), and median (interquartile range), respectively
¹p value for difference between groups from t-test or chi-square test
²more than primary school

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