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Data as regard the level of physical activity at baseline and follow-up. |
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| Intervention |
Control |
p-value |
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| Baseline data |
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| Numbers |
42 |
43 |
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| Age |
7.7 (0.6) |
7.9 (0.6) |
0.08 |
| Organized physical activity evaluated through questionnaire (hrs/w) |
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| School curriculum |
3.3 |
1.0 |
< 0.001 |
| Outside the school |
0.7 (0.6) |
1.4 (1.7) |
0.009 |
| Total physical activity |
4.0 (0.6) |
2.4 (1.7) |
< 0.001 |
| Follow-up data |
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| Numbers |
42 |
43 |
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| Age |
9.7 (0.6) |
9.9 (0.6) |
0.14 |
| Organized physical activity evaluated through questionnaire (hrs/w) |
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| School curriculum |
3.3 |
1.0 |
< 0.001 |
| Outside the school |
1.4 (1.4) |
2.0 (2.1) |
0.13 |
| Total physical activity |
4.7 (1.4) |
3.0 (2.1) |
< 0.001 |
| Accelerometer data |
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| Numbers |
41 |
40 |
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| Recording time per day (hours/day) |
11.8 (1.4) |
12.0 (1.3) |
0.50 |
| Mean activity/day (counts per minutes) |
644 (192) |
590 (121) |
0.13 |
| Moderate to vigorous activity (> 3 METs; min/day) |
193 (47) |
185 (37) |
0.38 |
| Vigorous activity (> 6 METs; min/day) |
34 (15) |
35 (13) |
0.77 |
| > 5000 counts per minutes/day |
17.9 (9.9) |
16.8 (8.5) |
0.58 |
| > 6000 counts per minutes/day |
12.5 (7.6) |
10.5 (6.2) |
0.19 |
| > 10,000 counts per minutes/day |
2.6 (2.5) |
1.0 (1.2) |
< 0.001 |
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Data presented as mean (SD). | |||
Alwis et al. Dynamic Medicine 2008 7:8 doi:10.1186/1476-5918-7-8 |
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