Comparing the effects of text messaging and mobile social networking on physical activity and anthropometric indices of middle-aged women: a randomized controlled trial

Table 5 Mean of anthropometric indices in two groups of text message and mobile social networking in 4, 8, and 12 weeks after intervention

Variable	Text messaging (N = 55)	Mobile social networking (N = 55)	P value	P value for repeated measure test
Variable	Mean ± SD		P value	P value for repeated measure test
Waist circumference (cm)
Before intervention	96.8 ± 12.01	90.8 ± 13.1	0.01	0.006
4 weeks after intervention	95.5 ± 11.7	90.6 ± 8.17	0.01
8 weeks after intervention	93.6 ± 16.5	89.2 ± 8.7	0.08
12 weeks after intervention	94.3 ± 11.8	87.8 ± 8.4	0.001
P value	0.003	0.001
Hip circumference (cm)
Before intervention	111.7 ± 10.9	108.4 ± 8.9	0.09	0.01
4 weeks after intervention	109.5 ± 10.9	105 ± 8.01	0.01
8 weeks after intervention	108.6 ± 11.2	103.2 ± 8.3	0.005
12 weeks after intervention	107.7 ± 11.7	101.6 ± 8.1	0.002
P value	0.001	0.001
Waist hip ratio
Before intervention	0.86 ± 0.06	0.85 ± 0.05	0.35	0.36
4 weeks after intervention	0.86 ± 0.06	0.85 ± 0.05	0.35
8 weeks after intervention	0.87 ± 0.07	0.86 ± 0.06	0.3
12 weeks after intervention	0.87 ± 0.06	0.86 ± 0.06	0.41
P value	0.10	0.26
Body fat percentage
Before intervention	40.3 ± 5.6	40.3 ± 4.8	0.92	0.34
4 weeks after intervention	40.4 ± 5.4	39.5 ± 5.03	0.37
8 weeks after intervention	40.2 ± 5.3	39.1 ± 4.9	0.28
12 weeks after intervention	40.3 ± 5.1	38.5 ± 4.8	0.05
P value	0.4	0.001

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