Table 1
Metabolic syndrome risk score and lifestyle measures at baseline (T0), after the intervention (T1) and at 24-weeks follow-up period (T2) (n = 61).
| T0 | T1 | T2 | T0 vs. T1 | T0 vs. T2 | |||||||
| N | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | Time effect PW | Group effect PKW | Time effect PW | Group effect PKW | |
| METABOLIC SYNDROME SEVERITY SCORE | |||||||||||
| MetSSS (Wiley 2016) | 61 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .000 | .874 | .000 | .325 |
| PHYSICAL ACTIVITY/SEDENTARY BEHAVIOUR/DIETARY HABITS | |||||||||||
| Steps/day (number) | 61 | 8318.6 | 2350.5 | 9586.3 | 3633.3 | 9235.7 | 3086.6 | .000 | .488 | .004 | .938 |
| VM (CPM) | 61 | 649.8 | 144.8 | 697.2 | 195.6 | 694.6 | 170.1 | .029 | .155 | .023 | .985 |
| Sedentary time (%a) | 61 | 62.5 | 6.1 | 61.0 | 7.7 | 61.1 | 6.3 | .054 | .109 | .037 | .755 |
| LPA (%a) | 61 | 33.2 | 6.0 | 33.8 | 7.2 | 33.7 | 5.9 | .264 | .227 | .399 | .925 |
| MVPA (%a) | 61 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 2.5 | .001 | .227 | .003 | .936 |
| AFMV (min/día) | 61 | 35.8 | 17.1 | 44.6 | 24.9 | 43.3 | 23.0 | .000 | .379 | .003 | .903 |
| IAS (Bassiotis, 2002) | 61 | 45.5 | 17.2 | 51.0 | 15.0 | 55.3 | 16.0 | .030 | .195 | .003 | .330 |
| Note: AIT: aerobic interval training study group; COU: counselling study group; CPM: counts per minute; HEI: Healthy eating index (Bassiotis, 2002); LPA: light intensity physical activity; MetSSS: metabolic syndrome severity score; MVPA: moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity; TCT: traditional continuous training study group; VM: vector magnitude. T0: baseline assessment; T1: after the 16-week intervention assessment; T2 at 24-week follow-up assessment. a Percentage relative to awaken time. Data shown as mean (M) and standard deviation (SD). PW, according to Wilcoxon test; PKW, according to Kruskall-Wallis test. | |||||||||||
