Table 2.
Summary of the mean and standard deviations of the measurements
| Subjects | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Month |
Body fat % |
Body mass index |
Daily step counts |
|
Japanese (n = 22) | |||
| Apr |
|
|
|
| May |
23.0 ± 5.3 |
19.4 ± 1.5a |
10329 ± 3208 |
| Jun |
22.2 ± 4.9a,b |
19.2 ± 1.6 |
|
| Jul |
22.0 ± 5.0c,d,e |
19.1 ± 1.6 |
10493 ± 4128 |
| Aug |
22.1 ± 5.0f,g,h |
19.0 ± 1.5b,c |
|
| Sep |
22.4 ± 5.2i,j |
19.0 ± 1.5a,d,e,f |
|
| Oct |
23.7 ± 4.8a,c,f,i |
19.1 ± 1.6 |
9514 ± 2991 |
| Nov |
23.7 ± 4.7b,d,g,j |
19.3 ± 1.5b,d |
|
| Dec |
23.4 ± 4.9 |
19.3 ± 1.6e |
8466 ± 2876 |
| Jan |
24.0 ± 4.9e,h |
19.4 ± 1.6c,f |
|
| Year* |
|
|
9701 ± 3377 |
|
Thai (n = 27) | |||
| Apr |
26.7 ± 5.6 |
19.8 ± 2.0 |
6977 ± 2560 |
| May |
|
|
|
| Jun |
26.3 ± 5.7 |
19.9 ± 2.2 |
7434 ± 2242a,b |
| Jul |
|
|
|
| Aug |
27.0 ± 6.1 |
20.0 ± 2.2 |
6132 ± 1972a |
| Sep |
|
|
|
| Oct |
27.2 ± 6.0 |
20.0 ± 2.3 |
5375 ± 2448b |
| Nov |
|
|
|
| Dec |
27.7 ± 5.8 |
20.1 ± 2.4 |
6237 ± 2110 |
| Jan |
28.1 ± 6.8 |
19.9 ± 2.3 |
6909 ± 2218 |
| Year* | 6511 ± 2332 | ||
a-jMeans in the same column sharing a common superscript letter are significantly different, P <0.05. *Comparison of pooled data. Significantly different by t-test (t = 7.897, P = 0.000).