Table 1.
Participant baseline characteristicsa.
| Baseline | StepWise (n=49) Mean (SD) or n (%) |
Comparison (n=48) Mean (SD) or n (%) | ||||
| Age (years) |
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47.1 (11.3) | 45.3 (11.1) | |||
| Height (cm) |
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165.8 (7.9) | 166.3 (7.8) | |||
| Weight (kg) |
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85.8 (20.2) | 85.7 (19.9) | |||
| Ethnicity |
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NZ European | 35 (71) | 40 (85) | |||
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Other European | 4 (8) | 2 (4) | |||
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Maori | 2 (4) | 2 (4) | |||
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Samoan | 2 (4) | 1 (2) | |||
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Other | 6 (12) | 3 (6) | |||
| Employment |
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Worked full-time | 25 (51) | 29 (60) | |||
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Worked part-time | 10 (21) | 10 (21) | |||
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Students | 4 (8) | 3 (6) | |||
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Homemakers | 3 (6) | 3 (6) | |||
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Self-employed | 3 (6) | 1 (2) | |||
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Retired | 2 (4) | 1 (2) | |||
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Unemployed | 2 (4) | — | |||
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Did not report | — | 1 (2) | |||
| Education |
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University degree | 30 (61) | 36 (75) | |||
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Secondary school | 16 (33) | 12 (25) | |||
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No secondary school | 3 (6) | — | |||
| Body mass index |
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31.2 (6.6) | 31.0 (6.5) | |||
| Step counts (steps per week) |
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50,971 (16,069) | 53,480 (17,717) | |||
| Resting heart rate |
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66.4 (8.4) | 67.5 (10.6) | |||
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)b |
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76.6 (9.4) | 76.1 (12.9) | |||
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)b |
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119.5 (15.8) | 119.1 (14.9) | |||
| Glucose (mmol/L)c |
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5.2 (0.6) | 5.4 (0.8) | |||
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L)c |
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4.7 (0.9) | 4.9 (0.9) | |||
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)c |
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1.4 (0.4) | 1.4 (0.4) | |||
| Triglycerides (mmol/L)c |
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1.2 (0.6) | 1.3 (0.7) | |||
| Positive affect |
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3.5 (0.7) | 3.3 (0.5) | |||
| Negative affect |
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1.5 (0.6) | 1.6 (0.5) | |||
| Perceived health |
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71.5 (17.2) | 67.3 (14.5) | |||
aThere were no significant differences between the groups for any of the variables at baseline.
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