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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in the MILE-study, Randers Municipality, Denmark, 2013–2015

From: Effects of a motivational, individual and locally anchored exercise intervention (MILE) on cardiorespiratory fitness: a community-based randomised controlled trial

Characteristics

n

Intervention

n = 115

Routine care

n = 117

Sex (male), n (%)

232

67 (58.3)

73 (62.4)

Age (years), median (iqr)

232

41.0 (37.0, 46.0)

42.0 (36.0;47.0)

Weight (kg), mean (SD)

232

89.8 (16.2)

87.1 (16.6)

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

232

29.0 (4.6)

28.2 (4.8)

Waist circumference (cm), mean (SD)

232

100.1 (12.7)

99.0 (14.1)

VO2max (ml/kg/min), mean (SD)

232

27.0 (5.7)

27.4 (5.9)

VO2max (l/min), mean (SD)

232

2.4 (0.6)

2.4 (0.6)

LDL (mmol/l), mean (SD)

219

2.9 (0.7)

2.9 (0.8)

HDL (mmol/l), mean (SD)

229

1.3 (0.3)

1.3 (0.4)

HbA1c (mmol/mol), mean (SD)

231

34.5 (5.2)

34.5 (4.6)

Triglyceride (mmol/l), mean (SD)

231

2.0 (1.1)

2.0 (1.4)

Smoking status (Yes), n (%)

232

16 (13.9)

24 (20.5)

SF-12 mental score, mean (SD)

207

48.2 (10.6)

50.5 (8.6)

Accelerometer measured physical activity, min/day

 Sedentary (0–100 cpma), mean (SD)

223

528.4 (85.8)

530.0 (93.4)

 Light (101–1951 cpm), mean (SD)

223

273.8 (69.1)

274.1 (76.7)

 Moderate to vigorousb (> 1951 cpm), mean (SD)

223

31.8 (21.3)

34.5 (22.7)

Self-reported physical activity

 Sedentary (min/day), mean (SD)

229

455.6 (232.0)

409.3 (256.2)

 Moderate to vigorous > 30 min (days/week), mean (SD)

227

4.0 (2.3)

4.2 (2.1)

Very vigorous > 20 min (days/week), mean (SD)

227

2.2 (1.5)

2.3 (1.6)

  1. acpm = counts per minute
  2. bDue to less than two minutes (mean) in vigorous and very vigorous activity at follow-up, these categories were added to the moderate activity category