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. 2019 Nov 12;16(22):4427. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224427

Table 4.

Results of Wilcoxon signed-rank test comparing participants’ physical activity level expressed in MET-minutes at three time points, stratified by physical activity level at baseline (low–moderate–high) and socioeconomic status (very low–low).

MET-Minutes/Week [Median (IQR)] Per Time Point p-Values
Baseline After 6 Weeks After 19 Weeks Baseline—6 Weeks Baseline—19 Weeks 6–19 Weeks
Stratified by participants’ physical activity level at baseline
Low physical activity at baseline
Experimental group 438.0 (302.6–779.3) 1335.0 (862.5–2491.5) 1650.0 (991.5–3504.0) <0.001 0.001 0.469
Control group 398.0 (292.0–676.0) 1440.0 (1071.0–3246.0) 2032.5 (942.0–3804.0) 0.002 0.003 0.776
Moderate physical activity at baseline
Experimental group 1196.0 (951.0–1949.3) 1591.5 (896.6–2694.0) 1911.0 (1111.5–3363.8) 0.007 <0.001 0.171
Control group 1335.0 (885.0–1862.0) 1492.5 (942.0–3426.0) 1384.0 (823.3–2257.8) 0.003 0.535 0.135
High physical activity at baseline
Experimental group 3093.0 (2462.5–5716.5) 2766.8 (1735.3–6127.5) 4510.5 (2122.8–8103.6) 0.836 0.121 0.012
Control group 4386.0 (2705.5–5138.6) 3846.0 (1680.0–5136.8) 1773.0 (1179.8–4216.9) 0.199 0.070 0.438
Stratified by participants SES status
Very low SES (below median)
Experimental group 1157.0 (809.8–2082.4) 1796.3 (896.6–3072.8) 2021.5 (1053.8–3825.8) 0.072 0.008 0.489
Control group 1422.0 (579.0–2826.0) 2133.0 (669.8–5193.8) 1435.5 (945.0–4489.9) 0.149 0.325 0.926
Low SES (above median)
Experimental group 1224.0 (628.5–2142.0) 1662.0 (1230.3–2142.0) 2880.0 (1240.0–4992.8) 0.002 <0.001 0.008
Control group 1226.0 (756.0–2462.3) 1721.3 (1143.9–3435.0) 1440.0 (826.0–2388.0) 0.005 0.907 0.049

Note: SES = socioeconomic status. Physical activity categories were based on the IPAQ scoring protocol [32], while participants’ SES status was categorized according to whether their SES score was below or above the median SES score of the total sample (median SES score = 38.5 units). p-values are presented in bold if significant (p <0.05).