Table 3.
Intervention | Usual care | Group | Time | Group ×Time |
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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