Table 3.
Change from baseline voluntary physical activity (counts/epoch) of overweight cats during weight loss
| Measurements | △ wk0-wk8 | △ wk0-wk16 | △ wk0-wk24 | P-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FT2 | OR2 | FT2 | OR2 | FT2 | OR2 | SEM3 | Diet | Week | Diet*wk | |
| Average AC/min1 | −0.12 | −0.16 | 0.03 | −0.09 | −0.01 | −0.02 | 0.08 | 0.2406 | 0.3537 | N/A4 |
| Average light AC/min1 | −0.01 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.9309 | 0.2331 | 0.2780 |
| Average dark AC/min1 | 0.05 | −0.18 | 0.02 | −0.24 | −0.13 | −0.21 | 0.07 | 0.1064 | 0.0223 | 0.0480 |
| Light:dark | 1.45 | 1.05 | −0.61 | 1.17 | 0.60 | 4.75 | 1.47 | 0.4531 | 0.4868 | N/A4 |
1AC, activity counts; light = light on (14 h/d); dark = light off (10 h/d).
2FT, Fit & Trim (Orijen; Champion Petfoods, Edmonton, Canada); OR, Original (Orijen; Champion Petfoods, Edmonton, Canada).
3SEM, pooled standard error of the means.
4N/A, Wilcoxon signed ranks test; no interaction effect between diet and week.