. 2018 Aug 28;9:475. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00475

Table 2.

Baseline, 12-week intervention and 6-month follow-up comparisons for habitual physical activity (IPAQ), nutrition (NZANS), physical activity enjoyment (PACES), and aerobic capacity (VO₂max).

	MICT+RT (n = 11)	HIIT+RT (n = 12)	β	SE β	Z statistic	P	β Confidence interval
IPAQ
Moderate METmin/wk	480 (290, 1,435)	690 (380, 1,234)
12-week intervention	1,185 (320, 2,520)	1,023 (473, 1,474)	435.80	498.44	0.87	0.382	−541.12–1412.72
6-month follow-up	1,650 (960, 3,095)	1,620 (420, 2,050)^a	1395.48	503.08	2.77	0.006^**	409.46–2381.50
Group^*Time interaction			−312.10	665.97	−0.47	0.639	−1617.37–993.18
Total METmin/wk	1,632 ± 1,017	1,808 ± 1,315
12-week intervention	2,435 ± 1,816	2,371 ± 1,850	802.85	480.32	1.67	0.095	−138.57–1744.26
6-month follow-up	2,951 ± 2,478	2,763 ± 2,591^a	1399.65	487.19	2.87	0.004^**	444.76–2354.53
Group^*Time interaction			−363.46	733.54	−0.50	0.620	−1801.18–1074.25
Sitting hours	76.4 ± 24.1	80.1 ± 21.4
12-week intervention	75.4 ± 26.4	70.7 ± 24.5	−1.03	4.75	−0.22	0.829	−10.33–8.28
6-month follow-up	72.2 ± 28.8	68.2 ± 23.9 ^a	−5.14	4.88	−1.05	0.293	−14.7–4.43
Group^*Time interaction			6.26	12.55	0.50	0.618	−18.34–30.86
NZANS
Refined CHO (/50)	10.0 (4.5, 15.5)	6.0 (1.5, 10.5)
12-week intervention	8.0 (2.0, 12.0)	6.0 (3.5, 8.0)	−3.55	1.62	−2.19	0.029^*	−6.72–−0.37
6-month follow-up	10.0 (3.5, 12.0)	6.0 (4.0, 9.0)^a	−1.07	1.66	−0.65	0.518	−4.32–2.18
Group^*Time interaction			−5.32	3.25	−1.64	0.102	−11.70–1.05
Total (/200)	52.1 ± 14.6	47.0 ± 16.2
12-week intervention	44.6 ± 15.4	41.8 ± 14.3	−7.48	2.20	−3.41	0.001^**	−11.79–−3.18
6-month follow-up	47.4 ± 15.0	42.4 ± 10.9 ^a	−4.95	2.26	−2.19	0.029^*	−9.39–−0.51
Group^*Time interaction			−7.43	7.06	−1.05	0.293	−21.26–6.40
PACES (/80)	64.0 (63.5, 72.5)	65.5 (59.0, 77.3)
12-week intervention	72.0 (69.0, 75.5)	76.5 (73.0, 78.3)	5.27	1.90	2.78	0.006^**	1.55–9.00
6-month follow-up	71.0 (67.5, 75.5)	(70.0 63.0, 76.5) ^a	3.96	1.95	2.03	0.042^*	0.14–7.79
Group^*Time interaction			−3.11	4.74	−0.66	0.512	−12.41–6.19
VO₂max	22.7 ± 5.3	20.4 ± 6.6
12-week intervention	27.3 ± 5.5	24.3 ± 6.3	4.64	0.74	6.30	<0.001^***	3.19–6.08
6-month follow-up	25.5 ± 5.1	23.2 ± 6.8 ^a	3.31	0.76	4.35	<0.001^***	1.82–4.80
Group^*Time interaction			−3.85	3.16	−1.22	0.224	−10.05–2.35

Data are median (interquartile range), means ± standard deviation.

n = 11. Statistical significance is reported as follows:

P < 0.05,

^**

P < 0.01,

^***

P < 0.001 for within group analysis.

CHO, carbohydrates; HIIT, high-intensity interval training; IPAQ, International Physical Activity Questionnaire; MET, metabolic equivalent; min/wk, minutes per week; MICT, moderate-intensity continuous training; NZANS, New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey; PACES, Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale; VO₂max, maximum aerobic capacity (mL/kg/min); (/50), possible 50 maximum; (/80), possible 80 maximum; (/200), possible 200 maximum.