Characteristics of insufficiently active participants that benefit from health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) promotion programs implemented in the sports club setting

Table 5 Baseline characteristics: activated group vs. non-activated group, results bivariate logistic regression analyses

	Activated group	Non-activated group	P-value^a
Sample size (n)	86	75
Demographic characteristics
Gender n, (%)
Female	43 (50.0)	42 (56.0)	0.40
Male	43 (50.0)	33 (44.0)
Age, mean ± SD (years)	44 ± 10	43 ± 9	0.42
Overweight (BMI ≥ 25) n, (%)^b
Yes	47 (54.7)	35 (46.7)	0.30
No	39 (45.4)	40 (53.3)
Ethnicity n, (%)^c
Dutch	70 (94.6)	63 (91.3)	0.32
Foreign	4 (5.4)	6 (8.7)
Chronic diseases n, (%)^c
Yes	12 (16.2)	11 (15.7)	0.85
No	62 (83.8)	59 (84.3)
Education n, (%)^c
Low-average	41 (56.2)	36 (51.4)	0.47
High	32 (43.8)	34 (48.6)
Social factors
Regular sports participation of most… n, (%)
Family members
Yes	55 (64.0)	56 (74.7)	0.14
No	31 (36.1)	19 (25.3)
Friends
Yes	59 (68.6)	56 (74.7)	0.43
No	27 (31.4)	19 (25.3)
Supporting participant’s sport participation by most… n, (%)
Family members
Yes	54 (62.8)	32 (42.7)	0.02*
No	32 (37.2)	43 (57.3)
Friends
Yes	55 (64.0)	37 (49.3)	0.07
No	31 (36.1)	38 (50.7)
Sport history
Participation in sport before program n, (%)
Yes	45 (52.3)	42 (56.0)	0.83
No	41 (47.7)	33 (44.0)
Member of a sports club n, (%)
Yes	40 (46.5)	31 (41.3)	0.49
No	46 (53.5)	44 (58.7)
Physical activity
Light-intensity PA, mean ± SD (min/week)	1940 ± 1601	1998 ± 1030	1.0
Moderate-intensity PA, mean ± SD (min/week)	128 ± 191	70 ± 106	0.02*
Vigorous-intensity PA, mean ± SD (min/week)	68 ± 87	51 ± 68	0.14
Total time spent in PA, mean ± SD (min/week)	2136 ± 1610	2119 ± 1061	0.70

BMI Body Mass Index, PA Physical activity, SD Standard deviation
^aP-value for difference between activated group and non-activated group based on bivariate logistic regression analyses. The potential associated characteristic was included as independent variable and group (activated group vs. non-activated group, with the latter as reference category) as dependent variable. Corrections were made for type of sporting program
^b BMI could not be calculated for one respondent
^c n < sample n, because questions were not mandatory. Consequently, not all participants completed these questions
* Significant (p < 0.05) difference between activated group and non-activated group

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