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. 2024 Mar 21;19(1):32. doi: 10.5334/gh.1317

Correction: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Relationship Between Peer Mentoring for Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Health

Moradeke Bamgboye 1, David Adeyemi 2, Emmanuel Agaba 3, Susan Yilme 4, Clement A Adebamowo 5,6, Sally N Adebamowo 5,6
PMCID: PMC10959141  PMID: 38524911

Abstract

This article details a correction to: Bamgboye M, Adeyemi D, Agaba E, Yilme S, Adebamowo CA, Adebamowo, SN. A Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Relationship Between Peer Mentoring for Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Health. Global Heart. 2023; 18(1): 53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1268.

Keywords: peer mentoring, physical activity, cardiometabolic health, randomized controlled trial

Correction

Content of correction Some errors were identified in the original publication [1], primarily stemming from rounding inaccuracies or failure to update tables/figures after implementing changes.

  • – In Table 3, discrepancies were found where the Weekly METS was expressed in minutes, but the difference was expressed in hours. An updated Table 3 (provided below) presents all results consistently in minutes and hours; one corrected value is highlighted in bold.

Table 3.

Participants Baseline and Follow-up Physical Activity, by Group.


PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PEER MENTORED GROUP CONTROL GROUP P-VALUE#


BASELINE FOLLOW-UP DIFFERENCE P-VALUE* BASELINE FOLLOW-UP DIFFERENCE P-VALUE*

Weekly METS (min) 9443.8 ± 4123.9 10750.3 ± 3751.4 + 1306.5 0.006 11131.4 ± 4304.4 10366.3 ± 3052.9 –765.1 0.03 0.0005

Weekly METS (hr) 157.4 ± 68.7 179.2 ± 62.5 + 21.8 0.006 185.5 ± 71.7 172.8 ± 50.9 –12.7 0.03 0.0005

Duration of moderate physical activity (min) 347.1 ± 458.9 776.0 ± 697.7 + 428.9 <0.0001 480.2 ± 577.8 804.6 ± 800.4 +324.4 <0.001 0.30

Duration of moderate physical activity (hr) 5.8 ± 7.6 12.9 ± 11.6 + 7.1 <0.0001 8.0 ± 9.63 13.4 ± 13.3 +5.4 <0.001 0.30

Duration of vigorous physical activity (min) 85.0 ± 213.2 169.3 ± 332.9 + 84.3 0.003 120.3 ± 368.4 155.6 ± 442.1 +35.3 0.34 0.18

Duration of vigorous physical activity (hr) 1.4 ± 3.6 2.8 ± 5.5 + 1.4 0.003 2.0 ± 6.1 2.6 ± 7.4 +0.6 0.34 0.18

Difference = difference between means. Min = minutes; hr = hours. P-value* = P-value comparing the mean values within each group, with a paired t-test. P-value# = P-value comparing the difference in mean values between the groups, with a t-test.

  • Table 5 contained two inaccuracies; specifically, the difference in the control group was –0.004 for waist-to-hip ratio (not –0.0009), and –0.2 for visceral fat (not +0.2). In the updated Table 5 (provided below) these corrected values are highlighted in bold.

Table 5.

Impact of physical activity on participants cardiometabolic parameters.


CARDIOMETABOLIC PARAMETERS PEER MENTORED GROUP CONTROL GROUP P-VALUE#


BASELINE FOLLOW-UP DIFFERENCE P-VALUE BASELINE FOLLOW-UP DIFFERENCE P-VALUE

Weight, kg 89.5 ± 14.2 89.1 ± 14.5 – 0.4 0.24 88.6 ± 15.3 87.8 ± 14.7 – 0.8 0.07 0.42

BMI, kg/m2 33.2 ± 6.6 33.0 ± 6.6 – 0.2 0.23 31.9 ± 5.4 31.6 ± 5.3 – 0.3 0.07 0.48

Waist-Hip Ratio 0.927 ± 0.05 0.910 ± 0.07 –0.017 0.002 0.919±0.06 0.915±0.07 0.004 0.83 0.014

Total body fat, % 41.3 ± 8.3 41.4 ± 9.2 + 0.1 0.63 40.4 ± 9.4 39.6 ± 9.7 – 0.8 0.02 0.09

Visceral fat, % 11.5 ± 4.0 11.3 ± 3.6 – 0.2 0.55 11.3 ± 4.2 11.1 ± 3.8 – 0.2 0.93 0.67

Skeletal muscle, % 26.2 ± 4.7 26.3 ± 4.8 + 0.1 0.84 26.5 ± 5.1 26.8 ± 5.3 + 0.3 0.11 0.49

Cholesterol, mg/dl 204.1 ± 43.3 183.8 ± 38.8 – 20.3 <0.0001 207.2 ± 43.9 182.4 ± 40.4 – 24.8 <0.0001 0.29

Triglycerides, mg/dl 123.7 ± 59.8 101.1 ± 45.0 – 22.6 <0.0001 132.2 ± 77.2 102.4 ± 50.5 – 29.8 <0.0001 0.81

LDL-Chol 133.8 ± 41.0 113.3 ± 36.1 – 20.5 <0.0001 136.8 ± 39.7 113.0 ± 37.3 – 23.8 <0.0001 0.63

HDL-Chol 44.4 ± 9.9 50.1 ± 7.6 + 5.7 <0.0001 44.2 ± 16.8 48.9 ± 8.3 + 4.7 <0.0001 0.72

LDL = low-density lipoproteins. HDL = high-density lipoproteins. Chol = cholesterol. Difference = difference between means. P-value* = P-value comparing the mean values within each group, with a paired t-test. P-value# = P-value comparing the difference in mean values between the groups, with a t-test.

  • Figure 3 was revised to clarify the direction of change for each parameter.

Figure 3.

Group-wise change in lipids

Change in cardiometabolic parameters by group.

a. change in low-density lipoproteins (LDL). b. change in triglycerides. c. change in cholesterol. d. change in high-density lipoproteins (HDL).

We emphasize that due to the culture at the enrolment site, the observations are not dependent within the same office space.

These corrections do not change the overall results or conclusions.

Acknowledgements

We thank Michael Zhong at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, for reviewing the results; and Deependra Thapa and David Allison at Indiana University, Bloomington, for identifying errors in Table 3.

Competing interests

The authors have no competing interests to declare.

References

  • 1.Bamgboye M, Adeyemi D, Agaba E, Yilme S, Adebamowo CA, Adebamowo SN. A Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Relationship Between Peer Mentoring for Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Health. Global Heart. 2023; 18(1): 53. DOI: 10.5334/gh.1268 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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