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Table 3 Continuous Physical Activity Change (in MET hours/week) as Median (IQR) at 6 and 12 months

From: The role of Sociodemographic factors on goal achievement in a community-based diabetes prevention program behavioral lifestyle intervention

 

6 months

12 months

PA Change (MET hr/wk)

Within group p-valueb

Between Group p-valuec

PA Change (MET hr/wk)

Within group p-valueb

Between Group p-valuec

Gender

 Women

5.2 (−2.3, 17.4)

< 0.01

0.92

3.0 (−3.0, 10.6)

< 0.01

0.61

 Men

5.5 (−5.4, 22.9)

< 0.01

1.3 (−7.0, 14.3)

0.18

Race/ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic white

5.3 (− 3.7, 18.3)

< 0.01

0.76

3.0 (− 3.9, 12.3)

< 0.01

0.76

 Non-Hispanic black

5.9 (0.1, 26.2)

0.01

1.53 (−3.9, 11.4)

0.42

Employment

 Working full-time

4.1 (−3.7, 14.6)

< 0.01

0.63

2.9 (−2.8, 12.4)

< 0.01

0.36

 Working part-time

4.5 (−1.3, 14.4)

0.11

0.2 (−7.4, 7.2)

0.71

 Retired

7.4 (−2.9, 22.1)

< 0.01

2.5 (−2.7, 12.4)

< 0.01

 Other employment status

5.3 (−1.7, 13.2)

0.17

7.7 (−7.6, 15.8)

0.28

Education

 High school graduate or less

4.8 (−6.3, 20.8)

0.14

0.02

0.6 (−7.2, 9.9)

0.34

0.77

 Some college

9.6 (−1.3, 26.2)

< 0.01

2.8 (−1.5, 14.2)

< 0.01

 College graduate

6.4 (−2.0, 14.3)

< 0.01

1.1 (−4.5, 10.4)

0.09

 Graduate degree

1.2 (−5.6, 10.7)

0.29

3.8 (−6.5, 11.7)

0.07

Annual Income (by home address census tract, in US dollars)

  < 51,934 (n = 56)

7.4 (−0.6, 22.7)

< 0.01

0.04

5.1 (−3.9, 14.3)

0.01

0.83

 51,934 – < 65,105 (n = 58)

5.8 (0.0, 22.0)

< 0.01

2.0 (− 0.6, 7.4)

0.01

 65,105 – < 74,935.5 (n = 66)

1.2 (−5.9, 12.0)

0.31

3.4 (−7.3, 12.6)

0.16

  ≥ 74,935.5 (n = 60)

7.6 (−6.2, 19.4)

0.01

1.3 (−4.3, 14.2)

0.06

  1. Allegheny County, PA. USA. Study date: 2010–2019. a: Race/ethnicity category n = 230; b: Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test; c: Wilcoxon Two-Sample Test or Kruskal-Wallis Test