Table 3 Comparisons of physical fitness and physical activity after the intervention and at 3-months follow-up

mean (SD)

median (interquartile range)

mean (SD)

median (interquartile range)

 Maximum workload, W

103 (27)

100 (78–122)

94 (27)

88 (75–112)

<.0001

0.49

 HR rest, bpm

79 (16)

79 (68–92)

77 (13)

77 (65–87)

.45

0.09

 SBP rest, mmHg

139 (20)

137 (124–152)

136 (20)

132 (126–142)

.46

0.08

 DBP rest, mmHg

77 (11)

78 (70–82

78 (13)

78 (68–82)

.58

0.06

 Exercise time, s

1125 (297)

1086 (867–1350)

1023 (300)

958 (810–1207)

<.0001

0.50

 HR at RPE 17, bpm

141 (28)

145 (126–158)

− 140 (28)

146 (115–157)

.91

0.01

 Max SBP, mmHg

172 (28)

174 (154–194)

165 (24)

168 (149–182)

.10

0.19

 Shoulder abduction, s

88 (44)

81 (57–104

81 (30)

78 (62–96)

.74

0.04

 Shoulder flexion right, reps

35 (21)

30 (21–43)

33 (19)

30 (23–38)

.24

0.14

 Shoulder flexion left, reps

33 (13)

31 (26–41)

29 (12)

29 (21–36)

.006

0.32

 Heel lift right, reps

15 (11)

11 (7–19)

13 (9)

20 (6–16)

.27

0.14

 Heel lift left, reps

14 (8)

12 (9–17)

12 (7)

11 (7–16)

.095

0.20

 IPAQ, Kcal

3684 (4302)

2183 (1153–4164)

3296 (2341)

2691 (1007–4366)

.49

0.083

 IPAQ MET, min/week

2620(3188)

1653(839–2608)

2447 (2341)

1900 (734–2865)

.68

0.049

 IPAQ Category

2 (1–3)

2 (1–2)

2 (1–3)

1 (1–2)

1.0

–

 Accelerometer, Kcal

1975 (1096)

1679 (1285–2427)

2093 (1242)

1876 (1193–2520)

.30

0.12

 Accelerometer MPA, min

134 (97)

91 (60–217)

149 (121)

107 (63–230)

.31

0.12

 Accelerometer MVPA, min

139 (103)

91 (61–227)

153 (126)

108 (64–234)

.42

0.093

 Accelerometer step counts, n

30,665 (15443)

26,516 (18356–39,775)

33,435 (19041)

27,594 (19651–41,893)

.32

0.12

 Saltin-Grimby scale

3 (1)

3 (3–4)