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Table 5.

Physical Activity Outcome Measures

Study	Steps/Day		VO₂ peak (mean ± SD)		Physical Activity Duration (mean mins ± SD)		METS at AT
Avila et al. [67]	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
	6419 (2227–13181) c^b	6408 (296–12041) c^b	26.6 ± 4.9 c	26.4 ± 5.4 c	114 ± (30-311) c ^e	114 ± (6-382) c ^e
	7896 (2018–12554) i^b	6469 (473–12554) i^b	26.7 ± 6.6 i	27.8 ± 6.8 i p = 0.03	145 ± (34–299) i^e	141 ± (51–259) i^e
Cupples et al. [69]	7869 ± 4209 c ^a	42 ± 2,624 c^ch
Cupples et al. [69]	6123 ± 3151 i ^a	2742 ± 3164 i ^ch p = .004
Duscha et al. [70]	7411 ± 2811 c ^a	7243 ± 3209 c ^a	20.7 ± 5.6 c	19.1 ± 5.5 c
Duscha et al. [70]	9003 ± 2694 i ^a	9414 ± 3051 i ^a	21 ± 5.7 c	21.7 ± 5.6 c
Houle et al. [72]	41 c^d	55 c^d
Houle et al. [72]	31 i^d	83 i^d p = .042
ter Hoeve et al. [52]		514 ± 115 c^ch
ter Hoeve et al. [52]		1504 ± 1835 i ^ch
Skobel et al. [73]			12.8^a c	19.5 ± 4.8
Skobel et al. [73]			13.8^a i	21.9 ± 8.3 p = .005
Butler et al. [68]					367 ± 268 c^f	355 ± 271 c^f	3.6 ± 0.8c	3.9 ± 1.3c
Butler et al. [68]					343 ± 275 i^f	455 ± 361 i^f p = .025	3.5 ± 0.7 i	3.9 ± 1.1 i

Abbreviations: c control group, i intervention group, SD standard deviation,^a_: mean ± SD,^b: mean (range),^ch: resulting change mean ± SD,^d: % of participants achieving > 7500 steps/day, %: percentage, VO₂peak: maximal oxygen uptake, METS metabolic equivalents, AT anaerobic threshold, p: p value,^e:> 3 METS; mins/day± (range),^f: mins/week; mean ± SD; Active Australia Survey