Table 2.
Step Count and Weight Change Data From Studies That Met Inclusion Criteria
| Step Count | Weight, kg | |||||
| Study (Year) | Preintervention | Postintervention | Change | Preintervention | Postintervention | Change |
| Engel and Lindner18 (2006) | NR | 7,296±2,066 | NR | 91.9±18.4 | 89.8a | −2.1a |
| Wilson et al19 (2005) | 4,791 | 8,297a | 3,506 | 86.7 | 85.8 | −0.9b |
| Miyatake et al20 (2002) | 7,013±3,077 | 8,840±4,342 | 1,827 | 82.3±7.4 | 78.6±7.4 | −3.7b |
| Schneider et al21 (2006) | 5,123±1,271 | 9,117±1,697 | 3,994 | 98.8±18.6 | 96.4±17.8 | −2.4b |
| Tudor-Locke et al22 (2004) | 5,753a | 9,123±4,539 | 3,370 | 96.8±23.9 | 96.1±22.8 | −0.7 |
| Swartz et al23 (2003) | 4,972±419c | 9,213±362c | 4,241 | 94.0±3.6 | 94.3±3.4c | +0.3 |
| Moreau et al24 (2001) | 5,400±500c | 9,700±400c | 4,300 | 81.1±5.9 | 79.8±5.8 | −1.3b |
| Hultquist et al25 (2005) | 5,603±1,214 | 10,159±292c | 4,556 | 82.0±3.1c | 81.5±3.1c | −0.5 |
| Chan et al26 (2004) | 7,029±3,100 | 10,480±3,224 | 3,451 | 79.4±17.3 | 77.9a | −1.5a,b |
NR = not reported in the study report.
Note: Preintervention and postintervention values are expressed as means or as means ± standard deviations, except as indicated below.
a Calculation was based on other data in the study report.
b Difference between the preintervention and postintervention values was significant at the .05 level.
c Means ± standard errors.