Table 1.
Participants (n = 6) | |||||
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Mean ± SD T1 | Mean ± SD T3 | Mean ± SD T4 | Chi-Quadrat | p-Value | |
Age (years) | 11.3 ± 3.3 | ||||
Height (cm) | 143.6 ± 10.3 | 146.2 ± 13.0 | 147.6 ± 11.7 * | 9.652 | 0.008 |
Weight (kg) | 38.2 ± 10.0 | 38.5 ± 9.8 | 40.2 ± 10.8 | 4.261 | 0.119 |
BMI | 18.2 ± 2.5 | 17.8 ± 2.4 | 18.0 ± 2.4 | 0.933 | 0.627 |
ppFEV1 | 102.5 ± 13.1 | 104.0 ± 8.7 | 92.3 ± 9.4 * | 6.333 | 0.042 |
ppFVC | 94.0 ± 13.7 | 95.3 ± 7.5 | 94.0 ± 11.1 | 0.333 | 0.846 |
Steps/day | 10,791 ± 2103 | 10,835 ± 1072 | 10,298 ± 1905 | 1.600 | 0.449 |
Sedentary intensity (<1.5 METs) min/day | 821.0 ± 116.7 | 724.0 ± 96.2 | 744.0 ± 107.9 | 2.800 | 0.247 |
Light intensity (1.5–3 METs) min/day | 416.2 ± 71.6 | 442.0 ± 61.2 | 397.7 ± 75.6 | 0.737 | 0.692 |
Moderate-to-vigorous intensity (3–5.9 METs) min/day | 107.3 ± 80.7 | 116.6 ± 66.3 | 97.3 ± 69.9 | 2.632 | 0.268 |
Vigorous intensity (>6 METs) min/day | 16.3 ± 11.0 | 18.6 ± 14.3 | 16.8 ± 11.0 | 3.500 | 0.174 |
Abbreviations as described in text; T1 = baseline, T3 = after 6 months, T4 = end of program (12 months); Friedman two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) by Ranks Test; between time points of measurement Wilcoxon Test * = p <0.05.