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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Med. 2017 Aug 4;44(4):297–305. doi: 10.1080/08964289.2017.1350134

Table 4.

GEE Empirical Significance Tests and Effect Size Estimates for the Intervention Effect Averaged Over the 6- and 12-month Follow-up Assessments Unadjusted for Baseline Prevalence and Adjusted for Baseline Prevalence, Alice, South Africa 2008-2010

Unadjusted for Baseline Adjusted for Baseline

Outcome Estimate (95% CI) Cohen’s d p value Estimate (95% CI) Cohen’s d p value

 Met physical activity guideline 2.82 (1.12, 7.11) 0.63 .028 3.35 (1.33, 8.41) 0.73 0.010
 Days vigorous aerobic activity 1.66 (1.11, 2.50) 0.38 .014 2.01 (1.43, 2.83) 0.64 <0.001
 Days moderate aerobic activity 1.59 (1.13, 2.23) 0.41 .008 1.40 (1.01, 1.95) 0.31 0.044
 Days strength-building activity 1.52 (0.97, 2.37) 0.28 .067 1.37 (0.91, 2.07) 0.23 0.128
 Met 5-a-Day guideline 1.34 (0.53, 3.38) 0.18 .540 0.98 (0.35, 2.73) −0.01 0.966
 Servings of fruit per day 0.04 (−0.66, 0.75) 0.02 .905 −0.16 (−0.81, 0.48) 0.07 0.622
 Servings of vegetables per day 0.05 (−0.52, 0.63) 0.03 .853 −0.06 (−0.64, 0.52) 0.03 0.836
 Servings of fried food per day −0.32 (−0.61, −0.04) 0.34 .027 −0.31 (−0.60, −0.02) 0.32 0.037

Note. Estimate = Odds ratio (Health intervention versus HIV/STD control) for binary outcome variables meeting physical activity and 5-a-Day diet guideline; estimate = risk ratio (Health intervention versus HIV/STD control) for count variables number of days of vigorous aerobic activity, moderate aerobic activity, and strength-building activity; estimate = mean difference (Health intervention - HIV/STD control) for continuous outcomes on other health behaviors. Cohen’s d =is an effect size estimate in standard deviation units calculated using the Cox method for odds ratios and the Z test statistic and N from the GEE analysis for continuous and count variables. Physical activity is in the past 7 days. Diet is in the past 30 days.