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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Assist Technol. 2013 Winter;25(4):181–193. doi: 10.1080/10400435.2012.747572

TABLE 2.

MEAN (SD) OF BASELINE MEASURES*

INDEPENDENT VARIABLE TEXT/VOICE MESSAGE REMINDER GROUP
Mean (SD)
EXERCISE GROUP
Mean (SD)
GROUP NO TEXT TEXT GAMECYCLE SARATOGA
Number of Participants n=10 n = 9 n = 7 n=12
GRONINGEN
Range: 0–70
50.2 (12.6) 53.9 (9.7) 52.1 (11.2) 51.8 (11.7)
PASIPD (METS hr/day)
Range: 0–99.5 METS/day
15.6 (15.4) 21.1 (11.1) 25.6 (15.8) 13.9 (10.1)
§WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE (cm) 96.6 (19.9) 108.6 (15.2) 98.5 (21.1) 104.5 (17.3)
ΠBMI WITH ARM SPAN (kg/m2) 24.4 (9.4) 29.4 (6.6) 26.9 (6.4) 26.7 (9.6)
#RESTING HR (BPM) 83.1 (11.7) 87.5 (10.3) 89.5 (8.3) 82.6 (11.8)
**SYSTOLIC BP (mmHg) 130.1 (16.4) 128.1 (10.9) 126.0 (12.7) 131.0 (14.5)
**DIASTOLIC BP (mmHg) 91.9 (8.8) 89.4 (10.5) 87.0 (9.7) 92.9 (9.0)
*

Means and SDs of baseline independent variables for participants in each group (no text, text, GameCycle, and Saratoga). No significant differences were found between the groups or subgroups for any of the variables listed.

Range of possible scores is provided for the GEQ and the PASIPD surveys

METS – Metabolic Equivalent hours per day

§

cm – centimeters

Π

kg/m2 – kiliograms/meters squared

#

bpm – beats per minute

**

MmHg – millimeters of mercury

††

ml/kg/min – milliliters per kilogram per minute