Table 3 Characteristics of participants of the PA intervention
Physical activity | Total Sample (n = 335) | Comb A + C + S (=group 1) (n = 38) | Comb A + C (=group 2) (n = 44) | Comb A + S (=group 3) (n = 39) | Comb C + S (=group 4) (n = 41) | A alone (=group 5) (n = 40) | C alone (=group 6) (n = 41) | S alone (=group 7) (n = 46) | No techniques (=group 8) (n = 46) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (mean ± SD years) | 35.76 ± 16.48 | 37.74 ± 16.32 | 35.66 ± 15.83 | 33.59 ± 15.73 | 37.44 ± 16.75 | 36.78 ± 16.56 | 36.20 ± 17.83 | 35.76 ± 16.58 | 33.33 ± 16.93 |
Sex (% male) | 28.1 | 36.8 | 36.4 | 20.5 | 34.1 | 25.0 | 22.0 | 30.4 | 19.6 |
Level of education (% high = university/college) | 63.3 | 68.4 | 61.4 | 56.4 | 63.4 | 64.0 | 75.6 | 58.7 | 58.7 |
BMI (mean ± SD kg/m2) | 23.71 ± 3.90 | 24.60 ± 3.68 | 24.88 ± 4.11 | 24.25 ± 4.14 | 24.49 ± 4.02 | 22.35 ± 4.02 | 23.07 ± 3.47 | 23.70 ± 3.94 | 22.49 ± 3.16 |
MVPA (mean [CI] in min/week) - Pretest | 495.04 [420.10; 569.99] | 387.42 [239.60; 535.25] | 645.11 [433.12; 857.10] | 598.51 [398.05; 798.97] | 492.85 [289.91; 695.80] | 587.63 [374.11; 801.14] | 404.98 [210.58; 599.37] | 539.97 [355.71; 724.20] | 461.22 [300.73; 621.71] |
- Posttest | 603.8 [522.68; 684.89] | 827.63 [537.88; 1117.38] | 762.06 [445.38; 1078.74] | 674.33 [273.25; 1075.41] | 647.62 [365.91; 929.83] | 370.90 [202.84; 538.98] | 476.25 [222.63; 729.87] | 663.65 [393.03; 934.27] | 491.73 [303.42; 680.04] |