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Table 1 Baseline sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics of participants (N = 48)

From: TRACK & ACT: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial exploring the comparative effectiveness of pedometers and activity trackers for changing physical activity and sedentary behaviour in inactive individuals

Characteristics

Whole sample

(n = 48)

‘PED’ group

(n = 16)

‘ONE’ group

(n = 16)

‘UP’ group

(n = 16)

Age (years)

40.56 (9.31)

39.14 (9.63)

40.21 (10.51)

42.31 (8.05)

Height (cm)

165.22 (8.20)

162.51 (8.85)

164.26 (7.60)

168.88 (7.18)

Weight (kg)

73.77 (21.13)

74.71 (29.61)

72.58 (17.48)

74.03 (14.62)

BMI (kg/m2)

26.85 (6.39)

27.80 (8.35)

26.92 (6.47)

25.82 (3.76)

Female, n (%)

40 (83.3)

12 (75)

14 (87.5)

14 (87.5)

Step count (steps/day)

6876 (1606)

6557 (2111)

7156 (1496)

6853 (1281)

MVPA (minutes/day)

26 (12)

23 (13)

26 (12)

29 (10)

Sedentary behavior

(hours/day)

9.9 (1.1)

10.3 (1.0)

9.3 (1.2)

10.1 (1.0)

  1. Note: Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise specified
  2. PED = Digi-Walker SW200, ONE = Fitbit ONE, UP = Jawbone UP, BMI = body mass index, SD = standard deviation, MVPA = moderate-vigorous physical activity