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Table 4 Outcomes at 3 and 6 months for overweight and obese African American women who completed a 6 month web enhanced physical activity program, n = 15

From: Feasibility, acceptability, and characteristics associated with adherence and completion of a culturally relevant internet-enhanced physical activity pilot intervention for overweight and obese young adult African American women enrolled in college

Variable Means (SD) Mean difference (SD)
Baseline 3 months 6 months Base to 3 months p Base to 6 months p
BMI 36.00 (8.26) 36.03 (8.64) 36.14 (9.17) 0.03 (0.57) 0.86 0.14 (1.13) 0.64
Physical activity (min/week) 111.00 (88.87) 184.93 (96.56) 136.00 (97.70) 73.93 (125.28) 0.04a 25.00 (93.21) 0.50a
Social support from family 2.53 (0.84) 2.44 (0.91) 2.50 (0.53) −0.10 (0.84) 0.66 −0.03 (0.68) 0.86
Social support from friends 2.74 (0.92) 3.04 (1.16) 3.14 (0.99) 0.30 (0.91) 0.26 0.40 (0.60) 0.02
Exercise self-efficacy 4.05 (0.57) 3.68 (0.60) 3.80 (0.87) −0.37 (0.57) 0.03 −0.25 (0.69) 0.18
  1. a p value using Wilcoxon signed rank test.
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