Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of total sample, PAM intervention group, and control group
| Characteristic | Total (n = 102) |
PAM (n = 51) |
Control (n = 51) |
| Demographics | |||
| Mean age in years ± SD | 31.8 ± 3.5 | 32.5 ± 3.4 | 31.2 ± 3.5a |
| Female (%) | 60 | 61 | 59 |
| Highly educated (%) | 65 | 63 | 67 |
| Familiar with PA recommendations (%) | 63 | 59 | 67 |
| Compliance with PA recommendations (%) | 67 | 69 | 65 |
| Determinants of participating in sports (mean ± SD)b | |||
| Attitude | 4.25 ± 0.69 | 4.30 ± 0.75 | 4.25 ± 0.64 |
| Self-efficacy | 3.34 ± 0.71 | 3.22 ± 0.70 | 3.45 ± 0.71 |
| Intention | 3.44 ± 1.23 | 3.10 ± 1.20 | 3.78 ± 1.19a |
| Awareness of compliance with recommendations (%) | |||
| Realist inadequate | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Underestimator | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| Overestimator | 10 | 11 | 9 |
| Realist adequate | 40 | 39 | 41 |
| Awareness of sports participation (%) | |||
| Realist inadequate | 62 | 59 | 65 |
| Underestimator | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Overestimator | 27 | 31 | 23 |
| Realist adequate | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Aerobic fitness (mean ± SD) | |||
| VO2max (mL O2/kg/min) | 41.4 ± 7.5 | 41.7 ± 8.4 | 41.2 ± 6.7 |
| Body composition (mean ± SD) | |||
| Weight (kg) | 77.7 ± 14.6 | 79.0 ± 15.6 | 76.5 ± 13.6 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.2 ± 4.1 | 25.9 ± 4.5 | 24.4 ± 3.5 |
| Sum of skin folds (mm) | 65.3 ± 31.6 | 69.4 ± 36.2 | 61.2 ± 25.8 |
| Body fat (%) | 27.1 ± 7.6 | 27.9 ± 8.0 | 26.4 ± 7.2 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 85.4 ± 11.6 | 86.4 ± 11.9 | 84.5 ± 11.4 |
aDifference at baseline between intervention and control group (P< .05).
bAssessed on a 5-point Likert scale.