Table 3. Exercise attendance at the fitness club divided into physical test battery and control group after three and 12 months of fitness club membership, and throughout the follow-up period.
Exercise attendance Three months 12 months Exercise attendance throughout the follow-up period*
Physical test battery
(n = 87)
Control group
(n = 120)
Physical test battery
(n = 64)
Control group
(n = 96)
Physical test battery
(n = 56)
Control group
(n = 96)
n % n % n % n % n % n %
Regular exercise attendance
(≥two sessions/week)
45 51.7 68 56.7 27 42.2 36 37.5 11 19.6 19 19.8
Non-regular exercise attendance
(≥one session/week)
23 26.4 20 16.7 15 23.4 27 28.1 43 76.8 70 72.9
Drop-out (no exercise) 19 21.8 32 26.7 22 34.4 33 34.4 2 3.6 7 7.3
*Participants who underwent the physical test battery and controls answering the questionnaire at both onset, 3 and 12 months follow-up. There