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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 Nov;25(Suppl 2):S109–S115. doi: 10.1002/oby.22007

Table 2.

Accelerometer and Self-Reported Physical Activity by Time

Change over time Difference: accelerometer vs self-report
Baseline 6 months 12 months 18 months Baseline 6 months 6 – 18 months 6 months 18 months
Median
(IQR)
Median
(IQR)
Median
(IQR)
Median
(IQR)
P valuea P valueb P valuec P valuec
Accelerometer bouted MVPA min/week
Full sample
(N=142)
18.4(62.1) 65.3(166.3) 40.3(131.5) 38.1(119.3) .001 .01 .001 .001
Low loss, low regain
(N= 25)
9.3(37.0) 20.2(79.2) 17.5(75.9) 0(61.3) .488 .560 .001 .001
Low loss, high regain
(N=18)
18.8(58.0) 16.1(36.5) 7.4(30.3) 22.7(85.2) .843 .376 .001 .034
High loss, low regain
(N=53)
29.8(80.1) 134.0(204.7) 88.1(124.2) 109.4(167.6) .001 .027 .001 .001
High loss, high regain
(N=46)
18.2(55.3) 89.7(178.5) 26.3(147.0) 10.5(72.2) .001 .001 .001 .001
Paffenbarger self – reported MVPA min/week
Full sample 0(120.0) 227.5(183.7) 142.5(220.0) 150.0(222.7) .001 .001
Low loss, low regain
(N=23)
30.0(120.0) 150.0(141.2) 60.0(200.0) 60.0(170.0) .001 .002
Low loss, high regain
(N=18)
0(90.0) 180.0(218.5) 100.0(162.8) 130.0(210.0) .001 .059
High loss, low regain
(N=52)
30.0(147.5) 272.5(168.8) 200.0(208.8) 235.0(191.3) .001 .001
High loss, high regain
(N=47)
0(140.0) 240.0(230.0) 125.0(200.0) 125.0(220.0) .001 .004
a

P value corresponding to within subjects effects in repeated measures ANOVA

b

P value corresponding to within subjects change in linear mixed model

c

P value corresponding to paired t-test

Note:

Low loss, low regain: <10% loss at 6 months, <5% regain at 18 months

Low loss, high regain: <10% loss at 6 months, ≥ 5% regain at 18 months

High loss, low regain: ≥ 10% loss at 6 months, <5% regain at 18 months

High loss, high regain: ≥ 10% loss at 6 months, ≥ 5% regain at 18 months