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. 2021 Mar 18;22:98. doi: 10.1186/s12882-021-02289-y

Table 3.

Change in physical function and physical activity

Intervention Usual care Group Time Group
×Time
Baseline 3 months 6 months Baseline 3 months 6 months
Grip strength (kg) 28.7 ± 9.7 28.1 ± 10.4 28.9 ± 9.7 27.8 ± 8.1 27.1 ± 8.1 27.1 ± 8.5 0.75 0.27 0.66
CS-30 (rep) 12.5 ± 3.7 15.2 ± 3.7*** 17.0 ± 4.7***††† 13.6 ± 4.2 13.7 ± 3.6 14.8 ± 4.4**† 0.45 < 0.001 < 0.001
6MWT (m) 427.1 ± 84.9 453.9 ± 96.4*** 461.0 ± 95.3*** 445.5 ± 96.9 447.6 ± 99.9 448.8 ± 100.7 0.99 < 0.001 < 0.01
Average daily number of steps (steps/day) 4820.5 ± 2698.6 5710.7 ± 2698.8 5316.8 ± 2254.5 5817.9 ± 3761.7 5032.5 ± 3177.4 5011.3 ± 3679.7 0.89 0.29 0.009
Average daily number of moderate steps (steps/day) 3577.1 ± 1762.8 3959.4 ± 1919.8 4130.5 ± 2236.3 4225.7 ± 3089.1 3702.8 ± 2671.8 3793.8 ± 3218.6* 0.96 0.99 0.014
Average daily energy expenditure (kcal) 255.7 ± 86.5 278.4 ± 97.9 282.2 ± 106.8 314.1 ± 157.2 263.1 ± 149.9** 259.6 ± 184.2** 0.96 0.47 0.002
Average daily moderate activity time (minutes/day) 37.9 ± 15.8 42 ± 19.2 43.3 ± 20.4 47.4 ± 32.1 41.7 ± 29.3 42.8 ± 35.5 0.82 0.94 0.014

Values are given as mean ± standard deviation

Group×Time is an interaction from a two-way repeated-measures analysis of the effect of time from baseline to 6 months

CS-30 30-s chair-stand test, rep repetitions, 6MWT 6-min walk test

*p < 0.05 vs. baseline within-group difference

**p < 0.01 vs. baseline within-group difference

***p < 0.001 vs. baseline within-group difference

p < 0.05 vs. month 3 within-group difference

†††p < 0.001 vs. month 3 within-group difference