Table 1.
Participants’ baseline characteristics.
| Differences |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variablea | C (n = 15) | NC (n = 15) | p-Valueb | 95% CIc |
| Age (years) | 24 (2) | 25 (2) | 0.595 | -2, 1 |
| Height (m) | 1.71 (0.07) | 1.72 (0.05) | 0.539 | -0.05, 0.03 |
| Body mass (kg) | 65.7 (10.6) | 63.8 (9.2) | 0.713 | -5.9, 8.8 |
| Body mass index (kg⋅m-2) | 22.6 (2.5) | 21.8 (2.9) | 0.233 | -1.0, 3.0 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 116 (5) | 113 (5) | 0.161 | -1, 6 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 70 (8) | 67 (8) | 0.372 | -3, 8 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mmol⋅L-1) | 4.5 (0.3) | 4.5 (0.4) | 0.744 | -0.3, 0.2 |
| Physical activity level (MET-min⋅week-1) | 2,087 (1,444) | 2,201 (1,461) | 0.999 | -1,000, 840 |
aValues are presented as means (SD) for descriptive purposes.
bThere were no significant differences between both intervention groups in any of the baseline variables.
c95% confidence interval (CI) of mean (in bold) or median difference.
C, consecutive group; NC, non-consecutive group; MET, metabolic equivalent.