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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

From: Investigating the effect of a 3-month workplace-based pedometer-driven walking programme on health-related quality of life in meat processing workers: a feasibility study within a randomized controlled trial

Characteristic

Randomized (n = 58)

 
 

Intervention (n = 29)

Control (n = 29)

P value

Age (yr), mean (SD)

43 (14.9)

40 (12.2)

0.731

Height (cm), mean (SD)

164.4 (11.2)

165 (10.2)

0.512

Gender, n males (%)

10 (34.5)

14 (48.3)

0.451

Weight

80.2 (16.9)

76.9 (13.9)

0.418

Step-count, mean (SD)

5993 (1234)

5788 (1172)

0.519

SBP

125.1 (16.3)

122.4 (11.3)

0.474

DBP

76.3 (9.6)

75.0 (6.9)

0.568

Body fat

29.6 (6.9)

27.7 (6.9)

0.306

BMI

29.9 (7.2)

28.3 (4.4)

0.299

WC

98.9 (12.7)

93.5 (12.1)

0.105

6MWT

555 (71.9)

554 (69)

0.969

W.MET

182 (140)

168 (118)

0.694

T.MET

566 (184)

530 (250)

0.532

PCS

49.2 (7.2)

50.5 (8.0)

0.531

MCS

50.3 (8.0)

51.0 (5.7)

0.716

  1. WMET = walking metabolic equivalent, Total MET = total metabolic equivalent, PCS = physical component score, MCS = mental component score, 6MWT = 6 minute walk test, DBP = diastolic blood pressure, SBP = systolic blood pressure, WC=waist circumference, SD = standard deviation.