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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2021 Jul 1;53(7):1434–1445. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002594

Table 2.

Between and within group comparisons of mean total daily sedentary time, adjusted for age

Comparison Sample Sizes Mean Difference ± SD
[(1 − α)% CI] (Hours)
Cohen’s D Effect Size p value
N1 N2
Between Group Comparisons B: Sit-to-stand desk - Control 23 21 0.27 ± 2.79 [−2.05, 2.60] 0.10 0.7462
B: Treadmill desk - Control 22 21 0.54 ± 2.86 [−1.88, 2.96] 0.19 0.5394
B: Treadmill desk - Sit-to-stand desk 22 23 0.27 ± 2.77 [−2.01, 2.55] 0.10 0.7470
M3: Sit-to-stand desk - Control 21 15 −0.79 ± 3.04 [−3.66, 2.09] 0.26 0.4488
M3: Treadmill desk - Control 22 15 −1.01 ± 3.41 [−4.20, 2.19] 0.29 0.3796
M3: Treadmill desk - Sit-to-stand desk 22 21 −0.22 ± 3.17 [−2.90, 2.46] 0.07 0.8201
M6: Sit-to-stand desk - Control 20 14 −1.60 ± 3.06 [−4.60, 1.40] 0.52 0.1352
M6: Treadmill desk - Control 19 14 −0.78 ± 3.60 [−4.34, 2.79] 0.22 0.5319
M6: Treadmill desk - Sit-to-stand desk 19 20 0.82 ± 3.54 [−2.33, 3.98] 0.23 0.4672
M12: Sit-to-stand desk - Control 20 18 −1.10 ± 2.84 [−3.67, 1.47] 0.39 0.2331
M12: Treadmill desk - Control 20 18 −0.83 ± 2.92 [−3.47, 1.82] 0.28 0.3823
M12: Treadmill desk - Sit-to-stand desk 20 20 0.27 ± 2.96 [−2.33, 2.88] 0.09 0.7712
Within Group Comparisons Control: Δ B to M3 21 15 0.22 ± 3.09 [−2.87, 3.31] 0.07 0.8001
Control: Δ B to M6 21 14 1.19 ± 3.01 [−1.88, 4.27] 0.40 0.1860
Control: Δ B to M12 21 18 0.99 ± 2.84 [−1.69, 3.67] 0.35 0.1709
Control: Δ M3 to M6 15 14 0.97 ± 3.21 [−2.62, 4.56] 0.30 0.3552
Control: Δ M3 to M12 15 18 0.77 ± 3.05 [−2.40, 3.95] 0.25 0.3830
Control: Δ M6 to M12 14 18 −0.20 ± 2.97 [−3.35, 2.96] 0.07 0.8281
Sit-to-stand desk: Δ B to M3 23 21 −0.84 ± 2.73 [−3.24, 1.57] 0.31 0.2016
Sit-to-stand desk: Δ B to M6 23 20 −0.68 ± 2.85 [−3.23, 1.86] 0.24 0.3436
Sit-to-stand desk: Δ B to M12 23 20 −0.38 ± 2.79 [−2.87, 2.12] 0.13 0.5885
Sit-to-stand desk: Δ M3 to M6 21 20 0.16 ± 2.88 [−2.48, 2.80] 0.05 0.8325
Sit-to-stand desk: Δ M3 to M12 21 20 0.46 ± 2.82 [−2.13, 3.05] 0.16 0.5201
Sit-to-stand desk: Δ M6 to M12 20 20 0.30 ± 2.94 [−2.43, 3.03] 0.10 0.6956
Treadmill desk: Δ B to M3 22 22 −1.32 ± 3.21 [−4.15, 1.50] 0.41 0.0742
Treadmill desk: Δ B to M6 22 19 −0.12 ± 3.48 [−3.32, 3.07] 0.04 0.8929
Treadmill desk: Δ B to M12 22 20 −0.37 ± 2.94 [−3.03, 2.29] 0.13 0.5902
Treadmill desk: Δ M3 to M6 22 19 1.20 ± 3.78 [−2.27, 4.67] 0.32 0.2320
Treadmill desk: Δ M3 to M12 22 20 0.95 ± 3.30 [−2.03, 3.93] 0.29 0.2365
Treadmill desk: Δ M6 to M12 19 20 −0.25 ± 3.56 [−3.60, 3.11] 0.07 0.7985

Key: B= Baseline, M3= Month-3, M6= Month-6, M12= Month-12 follow-ups, N1= sample size of 1st comparison group, N2= sample size of 2nd comparison group

Bonferroni adjusted rejection α’s: between-group comparisons= 0.0042, within-group comparisons= 0.0028