Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for sedentary behavior and health outcomes.
| Variable | Group | 1. Baseline M (SD) |
2. Post-interventionM (SD) | d |
p (time) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedentary min per workday | Short | 433.4 (45.5) | 397.8 (49.5) | − 0.75 | 0.03 |
| Long | 415.7 (45.8) | 421.1 (40.3) | 0.12 | 0.68 | |
| Light activity per workday | Short | 70.3 (19.6) | 74.2 (21.6) | 0.19 | 0.36 |
| Long | 62.3 (29.9) | 63.2 (22.5) | 0.04 | 0.87 | |
| Moderate activity per workday | Short | 17.3 (8.0) | 16.9 (9.4) | − 0.04 | 0.80 |
| Long | 12.8 (5.1) | 15.5 (7.8) | 0.42 | 0.07 | |
| Total cholesterol | Short | 170.7 (29.4) | 160.7 (30.8) | − 0.33 | 0.10 |
| Long | 196.2 (27.0) | 191.4 (27.4) | − 0.18 | 0.34 | |
| Triglycerides | Short | 136.2 (52.6) | 115.4 (56.2) | − 0.38 | 0.06 |
| Long | 145.3 (69.6) | 143.3 (76.1) | − 0.03 | 0.81 | |
| Glucose | Short | 98.8 (15.2) | 94.6 (13.8) | − 0.29 | 0.01 |
| Long | 102.2 (37.8) | 102.4 (39.8) | 0.004 | 0.93 | |
| Systolic blood pressure | Short | 113.1 (11.8) | 110.3 (11.8) | − 0.23 | 0.25 |
| Long | 113.4 (14.6) | 112.1 (17.5) | 0.08 | 0.73 | |
| Diastolic blood pressure | Short | 74.2 (8.5) | 72.2 (10.4) | − 0.21 | 0.14 |
| Long | 74.4 (11.3) | 74.8 (11.4) | 0.03 | 0.86 | |
| Waist circumference (cm) | Short | 103.29 (19.0) | 102.21 (18.7) | − 0.06 | 0.14 |
| Long | 103.32 (19.7) | 102.52 (20.2) | − 0.04 | 0.54 | |
| Weight (kg) | Short | 86.38 (30.9) | 86.24 (30.6) | − 0.01 | 0.51 |
| Long | 86.37 (26.9) | 86.14 (27.7) | − 0.01 | 0.68 |
Note: Bold indicates statistical significance (p < .05).