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. 2024 Mar 21;13:e53054. doi: 10.2196/53054

Table 2.

The intervention effect on the primary outcome of daily minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) at 3 months of follow-up and on secondary outcomes including MVPA at 6 months of follow-up and clinical variables in the DiaCert study.

Characteristic Group sample means Model estimatesa

Intervention (n=93) Control (n=88) Differenceb Group by time interaction

n (%) Mean (SD) n (%) Mean (SD) Mean (95% CI) β (95% CI)
MVPA (minutes/day)

3 months 70 (75) 36.6 (25.5) 67 (76) 26.7 (21.1) 10.05 (1.66 to 18.44) 1.51 (–5.53 to 8.55)

6 months 55 (59) 34.2 (29.4) 63 (72) 31.1 (27.0) 5.02 (–3.72 to 13.75) –3.53 (–10.97 to 3.92)
BMI (kg/m2)

Baseline 93 (100) 30.2 (5.5) 88 (100) 30.6 (5.2) N/Ac N/A

3 months 81 (87) 30.1 (5.7) 79 (90) 30.3 (5.0) –0.12 (–1.67 to 1.44) 0.29 (–0.02 to 0.61)

6 months 70 (75) 30.0 (6.0) 79 (90) 29.9 (5.0) 0.11 (–1.45 to 1.67) 0.52 (0.20 to 0.84)
Waist circumference (cm)

Baseline 92 (99) 107 (15.1) 88 (100) 108 (14.4) N/A N/A

3 months 80 (86) 107 (15.6) 79 (90) 108 (13.6) –0.61 (–4.90 to 3.69) –0.46 (–1.75 to 0.83)

6 months 69 (74) 107 (17.0) 79 (90) 106 (13.6) 0.47 (–3.84 to 4.77) 0.61 (–0.71 to 1.94)
Hemoglobin A1c (mmol/mol)

Baseline 89 (96) 53.6 (13.0) 88 (100) 53.5 (12.7) N/A N/A

3 months 75 (81) 50.0 (9.9) 73 (83) 53.2 (13.4) –2.45 (–6.08 to 1.17) –2.54 (–5.36 to 0.29)

6 months 67 (72) 51.2 (10.7) 76 (86) 51.2 (10.6) –0.21 (–3.87 to 3.44) –0.30 (–3.16 to 2.57)
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

Baseline 74 (80) 4.56 (1.00) 70 (80) 4.50 (1.18) N/A N/A

3 months 62 (67) 4.39 (0.80) 57 (65) 4.48 (0.91) –0.06 (–0.40 to 0.28) –0.11 (–0.37 to 0.14)

6 months 55 (59) 4.38 (0.84) 59 (67) 4.27 (1.02) 0.10 (–0.24 to 0.44) 0.05 (–0.21 to 0.31)
LDLd cholesterol (mmol/L)

Baseline 73 (78) 2.70 (0.89) 70 (80) 2.64 (1.13) N/A N/A

3 months 59 (63) 2.44 (0.65) 56 (64) 2.48 (0.89) –0.01 (–0.33 to 0.30) –0.07 (–0.30 to 0.15)

6 months 54 (58) 2.44 (0.68) 57 (65) 2.38 (0.85) 0.09 (–0.23 to 0.40) 0.02 (–0.20 to 0.25)
HDLe cholesterol (mmol/L)

Baseline 74 (80) 1.25 (0.34) 70 (80) 1.23 (0.40) N/A N/A

3 months 62 (67) 1.22 (0.34) 57 (65) 1.24 (0.38) –0.04 (–0.16 to 0.09) –0.06 (–0.12 to 0.01)

6 months 55 (59) 1.26 (0.36) 57 (65) 1.24 (0.39) –0.04 (–0.17 to 0.08) –0.06 (–0.13 to 0.001)
Triglycerides (mmol/L)

Baseline 72 (77) 1.54 (0.76) 69 (78) 1.65 (0.94) N/A N/A

3 months 60 (65) 1.71 (1.03) 58 (66) 1.76 (0.96) –0.01 (–0.32 to 0.29) 0.10 (–0.15 to 0.34)

6 months 52 (56) 1.56 (0.83) 56 (64) 1.66 (0.83) –0.07 (–0.38 to 0.24) 0.04 (–0.21 to 0.29)
Systolic BPf (mm Hg)

Baseline 92 (99) 139 (16.2) 88 (100) 137 (14.8) N/A N/A

3 months 80 (86) 135 (13.3) 79 (90) 134 (11.8) 1.21 (–2.98 to 5.40) –0.54 (–4.62 to 3.53)

6 months 70 (75) 136 (12.8) 78 (89) 136 (12.6) 0.70 (–3.60 to 4.99) –1.05 (–5.23 to 3.13)
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)

Baseline 92 (99) 83.6 (9.9) 88 (100) 82.6 (9. 5) N/A N/A

3 months 80 (86) 81.8 (9.1) 79 (90) 79.2 (10.5) 2.78 (–0.14 to 5.69) 1.79 (–1.06 to 4.64)

6 months 70 (75) 81.2 (8.7) 78 (89) 79.9 (9.4) 1.87 (–1.12 to 4.85) 0.88 (–2.04 to 3.81)

aResults from linear mixed model analysis including participants with complete baseline data.

bDifference between groups at the specified time point based on predicted means from linear mixed models.

c—: not applicable.

dLDL: low-density lipoprotein.

eHDL: high-density lipoprotein.

fBP: blood pressure.