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. 2012 Jun 6;12:403. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-403

Table 4.

Weekly minutes of walking, proportion of walkers and daily minutes of sitting at baseline and at 2, 6 and 12-month follow-up in the pedometer (STEP) and in the comparison (COMP) group

 
Baseline
2 months
6 months
12 months
  STEP COMP STEP COMP STEP COMP STEP COMP
Walking at work, N
121
117
103
102
87
95
88
82
·Weekly minutes, mean (SD)
144 (209)
157 (236)
150 (159)
174 (239)
158 (186)
161 (254)
172 (191)
145 (155)
·Walkers, %
98
96
98
98
99
94
99
96
Walking for transportation, N
121
115
106
102
87
96
85
85
·Weekly minutes, mean (SD)
115 (172)
134 (168)
134 (142)
163 (203)
136 (147)
138 (172)
170 (298)
127 (172)
·Walkers, %
77
81
88
79
88
86
83
79
Walking stairs, N
120
117
105
100
86
96
87
87
·Weekly minutes, mean (SD)
38 (45)
46 (100)
62 (65)
49 (60)
67 (89)
46 (52)
63 (63)
56 (79)
·Walkers, %
86
81
91
79
91
86
93
79
Walking for leisure, N
122
117
106
100
88
95
88
86
·Weekly minutes, mean (SD)
72 (96)
68 (125)
105 (96)
90 (119)
96 (90)
80 (133)
115 (130)
79 (102)
·Walkers, %
74
71
87
84
85
70
87
76
Total walking, N
117
112
101
99
86
94
84
80
·Weekly minutes, mean (SD)
370 (311)
400 (401)
455 (255)
465 (433)
457 (306)
431 (403)
521 (468)
395 (319)
·Walkers, %
100
100
100
100
100
99
99
99
Sitting during a working day, N
121
118
107
102
87
94
87
85
·Daily minutes, mean (SD)
544 (152)
554 (161)
502 (147)
513 (175)
503 (165)
520 (169)
477 (159)
510 (183)
Sitting during a non-working day, N
121
117
105
100
87
96
87
87
·Daily minutes, mean (SD) 347 (165) 382 (180) 333 (168) 339 (170) 331(156) 363 (176) 300 (153) 347 (165)

Minutes are shown as arithmetic means and standard deviations (SD).