Table 2 Habitual physical activity and dietary intake. Values are mean (±SD), or median (range) for non–normally distributed data.
KF†  Group Control Group Time effect Group x time
interaction
Characteristic Baseline
n=12
Follow–up
n=11
Baseline
n=8
Follow–up
n=8
Mean difference (95% CI‡) ESg p p
abitual physical activity
MVPA|| 2.5 (1.9) 2.9 (1.7) 2.9 (1.9) 3.8 (1.3) –.41
(–2.28–1.47)
–.20 .40 .63
Dietary intake
Daily energy intake (kJ) 7148 (1882) 6715 (2167) 6045 (2357) 4558 (1823) 1053
(–1039–3144)
.48 .002* .06
Daily energy intake (kJ.kg–1.d–1) 91.1 (37.9) 85.8 (45.8) 74.9 (44.6) 51.9 (18.7) 17.6
(–27.4– 62.6)
.41 .007* .10
Total fat (g) 66.9 (21.2) 66.6 (29.0) 55.9 (23.5) 46.9 (23.3) 8.75
(–15.8–33.3)
.37 .07 .14
Saturated fat (g) 26.7 (7.5) 27.4 (10.3) 25.0 (11.4) 18.8 (9.4) 6.88
(–3.3–17.1)
.71 .07 .09
Polyunsaturated fat (g) 8.2 (2.8) 9.3 (4.7) 7.1 (2.7) 6.4 (4.4) 1.90
(–1.2 – 5.0)
.65 .94 .10
Monounsaturated fat (g) 24.9 (12.4–56.5) 22.6 (9.6–55.0) 18.6 (6.7–32.0) 17.8 (8.0–32.1) –.54
(–11.9–10.8)
–.01 .03* .35
Cholesterol
(mg)
243 (127) 264 (78) 204 (119) 201 (160) 24.4
(–114.0–161)
.18 .54 .52
Protein
(g)
57.4 (46.9–156.1) 73.5 (37.9–103.0) 59.2 (27.9–116.4) 54.2 (20.6–108.9) 3.09
(–31.82 – 38.01)
.37 .06 .20
Protein
(g.kg–1.d–1)
.9 (.3) .9 (.5) .7 (.4) .6 (.3) .14
(–.25–.53)
.38 .11 .29
Carbohydrate
(g)
194.8 (52.1) 173.9 (50.0) 167.8 (72.7) 107.8 (29.5) 39.1
(–28.4–106.5)
.61 .0008* .04*
Sugars
(g)
81.8 (34.2) 77.0 (35.2) 66.2 (36.2) 35.4 (11.0) 26.1
(–12.7–64.8)
.70 .01* .04*
Sodium
(mg)
2311 (1238–5393) 1881 (1120–3325) 1818 (915–3360) 1530 (850–3812) –561
(–1678–556)
–.41 .02* .67
kJ from protein (%) 16.8 (13.1–33.9) 18.7 (15.4–20.8) 19.4 (12.8–21.3) 20.3 (13.6–27.0) –1.33
(–6.79–4.13)
–.08 .41 .74
kJ from fat
(%)
34.6 (4.2) 36.4 (6.2) 33.6 (5.6) 37.3 (6.6) –1.95
(–7.21–3.31)
–.39 .14 .80
kJ from carbohydrate (%) 47.2 (5.8) 45.4 (6.6) 48.1 (7.6) 42.5 (7.3) 3.85
(–3.36–11.06)
.56 .12 .42
values were generated between treatment groups from independent t–tests for continuous data, and chi square tests for categorical data.
* value of <0.05 denotes statistical significance;
† KF Kung Fu;
‡95% confidence interval;
§Hedge’s bias corrected effect size;
||moderate–to–vigorous physical activity (scores: 0 – 5, where a higher score reflects greater activity)