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Table 3 Mean change from baseline to 3 months test in anthropometric characteristics of the target population.

From: Diet, physical exercise and cognitive behavioral training as a combined workplace based intervention to reduce body weight and increase physical capacity in health care workers - a randomized controlled trial

 

Intervention group

(n = 54)

Reference group

(n = 44)

Time vs. group interaction

 

Δ mean

P

Δ mean

P

P

Weight (kg)

-3.59 (3.80)

0.000

+0.68 (2.37)

0.064

0.000

Body mass index (kg/m2)

-1.31 (1.39)

0.000

+0.27 (0.85)

0.039

0.000

Fat percentage (%)

-1.56 (2.78)

0.000

+0.33 (1.25)

0.093

0.000

Waist circumference (cm)

-4.24 (6.10)

0.000

-0.91 (4.18)

0.165

0.001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

-7.52 (12.97)

0.000

-2.11 (9.25)

0.148

0.067

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

-5.43 (7.79)

0.000

-0.68 (7.17)

0.543

0.016

Hand grip Dom side (N)

+10.28 (31.80)

0.022

-6.22 (33.97)

0.248

0.102

Right shoul. Elevation (Nm)

-0.03 (23.78)

0.994

+5.57 (19.41)

0.164

0.087

Left shoul. Elevation (Nm)

+1.49 (15.73)

0.548

+5.66 (18.53)

0.140

0.218

Back flexion (Nm)

+9.02 (23.94)

0.016

-3.99 (33.95)

0.555

0.068

Back extension (Nm)

+1.26 (31.56)

0.796

+18.04 (34.46)

0.013

0.045

VO2 (L/min)

+0.14 (0.22)

0.003

+0.01 (0.21)

0.834

0.185

Physical fitness (ml/min/kg)

+3.33 (3.48)

0.000

-0.11 (2.87)

0.889

0.011

Intensity of musculoskeletal pain last 7 days

     

Neck

-0.67 (2.15)

0.028

-0.24 (2.24)

0.538

0.452

Shoulder (right)

-0.00 (1.59)

1.000

-0.03 (1.54)

0.913

0.427

Upper back

-0.25 (1.55)

0.249

-0.11 (1.39)

0.634

0.476

Lower back

+0.06 (2.08)

0.837

+0.15 (1.99)

0.664

0.552