Table 2.
Objectively measured physical activity before and after the lifestyle intervention in children with abdominal obesity
| Usual care group (n = 27) | Intensive care group (n = 79) | P 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 8-week | P 1 | Baseline | 8-week | P 1 | ||
| CPM | 641.75 (183.23) | 589.37 (233.69) | 0.257 | 569.60 (181.93) | 577.64 (203.18) | 0.666 | 0.348 |
| Sleep time (min) | 510.33 (65.76) | 516.62 (141.58) | 0.825 | 538.51 (82.52) | 526.42 (72.53) | 0.344 | 0.814 |
| Sedentary PA (min) | 456.31 (114.48) | 490.79 (160.13) | 0.285 | 467.71 (135.22) | 495.33 (117.83) | 0.119 | 0.971 |
| LPA (min) | 420.34 (79.17) | 369.69 (110.41) | 0.003 | 385.34 (99.93) | 361.55 (96.26) | 0.040 | 0.668 |
| MVPA (min) | 45.17 (22.98) | 44.89 (25.26) | 0.955 | 43.56 (23.79) | 49.08 (23.90) | 0.024 | 0.217 |
| Steps (number) | 10,540 (3105) | 9953 (3774) | 0.391 | 10,151 (3083) | 10,288 (2981) | 0.740 | 0.332 |
Numbers are means (SD). Abdominal obesity was defined as WC above the sex and age-specific 90th percentile. P1 paired ttest for the group comparison after the intervention program; The change in each variable was calculated as the difference between post- and pre- intervention values for each subject (usual care or intensive care subjects); P2 is for the comparison between groups (usual care vs. intensive care) of the mean change in each variable adjusted for the corresponding variable at baseline, baseline BMI-SDS, sex and Tanner stage
Abbreviations: CPM Counts per minute, LPA Light physical activity, MVPA Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, PA Physical activity
P values below 0.05 are written in boldface