Table 3.

Blood glucose and lipid profile by activity levels of intervention and control group

	N	Baseline (Mean, SD)	3 months (Mean, SD)	6 months (Mean, SD)	P-value*
Fasting Blood Sugar
Intervention Active	39	5.4 (0.66)	5.2 (0.53)	5.2 (0.69)	0.596
Intervention Inactive	38	5.5 (1.01)	5.3 (0.73)	5.3 (0.64)
Control Active	26	5.8 (0.95)	5.5 (0.66)	5.5 (0.89)
Control Inactive	42	5.8 (1.38)	5.8 (1.60)	5.8 (1.90)
Total Cholesterol
Intervention Active	40	5.6 (1.12)	5.5 (0.81)	5.4 (0.96)	0.450
Intervention Inactive	39	5.6 (0.96)	5.3 (0.80)	5.3 (0.98)
Control Active	28	5.9 (0.99)	5.7 (0.94)	5.8 (1.00)
Control Inactive	43	5.8 (1.17)	5.4 (1.06)	5.6 (0.98)
HDL
Intervention Active	40	1.32 (0.27)	1.34 (0.28)	1.30 (0.29)	0.072
Intervention Inactive	40	1.32 (0.20)	1.31 (0.25)	1.25 (0.25)
Control Active	28	1.42 (0.20)	1.31 (0.23)	1.32 (0.20)
Control Inactive	43	1.41 (0.23)	1.32 (0.24)	1.29 (0.24)
LDL
Intervention Active	40	4.6 (1.38)	4.4 (0.97)	4.0 (0.98)	0.807
Intervention Inactive	40	4.4 (0.93)	4.2 (0.97)	4.0 (0.96)
Control Active	28	4.8 (1.19)	4.6 (1.12)	4.2 (0.97)
Control Inactive	43	4.7 (1.44)	4.4 (1.27)	4.1 (1.04)
Triglycerides
Intervention Active	40	1.35 (0.67)	1.54 (0.73)	1.23 (0.50)	0.021
Intervention Inactive	39	1.19 (0.41)	1.40 (0.55)	1.29 (0.45)
Control Active	28	1.48 (0.63)	1.55 (0.82)	1.38 (0.54)
Control Inactive	42	1.31 (0.62)	1.39 (0.62)	1.50 (0.66)
MET-minutes per week
Intervention Active	49	1598 (2130)	2227 (2072)	1676 (1331)	0.029
Intervention Inactive	49	1722 (2308)	989 (893)	750 (1384)
Control Active	31	1874 (1883)	1748 (1168)	1455 (1104)
Control Inactive	46	1694 (2421)	779 (798)	749 (859)

*GLM (Repeated measures)