Table 2.
The daily mean number of steps walked and estimated calories burned (N=20) for groups 1 and 2a.
| Week and measure | Total (N=20), mean (SD) | Group 1 (n=5), mean (SD) | Group 2 (n=15), mean (SD) | P valueb | |
| Week 4 |
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Daily steps | 7615.8 (3669) | 7811.3 (2622) | 7550.7 (4036) | .90 |
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Daily calories burned | 410.4 (171) | 468.0 (117) | 391.2 (184) | .40 |
| Week 8 |
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Daily steps | 8244.4 (3746) | 9202.0 (4062) | 7925.2 (3727) | .52 |
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Daily calories burned | 445.9 (208) | 548.7 (258) | 411.7 (187) | .30 |
| Week 12 |
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Daily steps | 7510.4 (3525) | 8194.0 (3440) | 7282.6 (3640) | .63 |
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Daily calories burned | 413.7 (211) | 448.6 (160) | 398.2 (172) | .57 |
aGroup 1: the participants who regularly exercised at baseline; group 2: the participants who did not regularly exercise at baseline.
bDerived from a t test to compare step counts and calories burned between the participants who regularly exercised at baseline and those who had not.