Table 5.

Summary of descriptive statistics related to perceptions of participants’ own physical activity and their friend’s physical activity based on survey responses stratified by presence of same-type alters in individuals’ ego networks. Change refers to the percent difference between the average score for the first and last survey.

Category		Positive MVPAa trend		Negative MVPA trend
		No PTb alter (n=15), change (P value)	Has PT alter (n=26), change (P value)	No NTc alter (n=17), change (P value)	Has NT alter (n=25), change (P value)
Perception (higher score indicates a higher level of activity)
	Level of own activity	+4% (.03)	−1% (.98)	−10% (.05)	−2% (.31)
	Level of friend’s activity	−4% (.004)	+6.5% (.21)	−3% (.22)	−8% (.02)

^aMVPA: moderate-vigorous physical activity.

^bPT: positive trend.

^cNT: negative trend.