Table 1.

Setting description

	Intervention site	Control site
Building occupancy
Number of employees per month over study period (mean ± SE)	812 ± 5	597 ± 5*
Socio-demographic characteristics
Mean age / % <45 y	43.4 / 50 %	43.5 / 46 %
Gender (% women)	58 %	59 %
Occupational category (% managers)	75 %	68 %*
Building design
Number of floors	6	4
Fitness room	Yes	Yes
Fitness classes	Yes	Yes
Company restaurant	Yes	Yes
Baseline level of stair climbing
Counts/day (mean ± SE)	82.8 ± 2.7	107.9 ± 3.6*

SE standard error. Managers = executive, autonomous and integrated officer

*Significantly different from intervention site (p < 0.05)