Table 3

Between-group treatment effects

Adjusted mean difference (95% CI)*
Week 12Week 24
V̇O2max (mL/kg/min)0.51 (−0.97 to 1.98)
Physical activity (min/day)†
 Sedentary−32.8 (−88.0 to 22.4)−61.5 (−117.8 to −5.3)‡
 Light−21.4 (−46.3 to 3.5)−7.1 (−32.6 to 18.5)
 Moderate−2.7 (−9.2 to 3.8)−1.7 (−8.4 to 4.9)
 Vigorous0.4 (−0.7 to 1.5)0.0 (−1.1 to 1.1)
Body composition
 Body mass (kg)0.42 (−0.74 to 1.58)0.12 (−1.08 to 1.32)
 BMI (kg/m2)0.16 (−0.29 to 0.60)−0.05 (−0.52 to 0.42)
 Waist (cm)1.71 (0.09 to 3.34)§0.17 (−1.52 to 1.86)
 Hip (cm)1.16 (0.06 to 2.27)§−0.10 (−1.24 to 1.05)
Blood pressure (mm Hg)
 Systolic3.21 (−1.89 to 8.32)1.06 (−4.24 to 6.37)
 Diastolic−1.00 (−3.88 to 1.87)0.04 (−2.96 to 3.03)
Blood lipids (mmol/L)
 Total-C0.10 (−0.09 to 0.29)
 LDL-C0.19 (−0.04 to 0.43)
 HDL-C0.04 (−0.03 to 0.11)
 Triglyceride−0.06 (−0.34 to 0.22)
 Blood glucose (mmol/L)−0.21 (−0.85 to 0.42)
HRQoL
 EQ-5D index−0.03 (−0.06 to 0.01)−0.03 (−0.06 to 0.01)
 Health state (%)−3.12 (−7.04 to 0.79)−0.94 (−4.96 to 3.08)
Exercise motivation
 Task self-efficacy (%)1.24 (−3.91 to 6.38)−4.62 (−9.89 to 0.65)
 Barrier self-efficacy (%)−4.07 (−10.19 to 2.04)−3.84 (−10.10 to 2.41)
 Confidence to adhere (%)3.28 (−2.54 to 9.10)−4.19 (−10.19 to 1.8)
 Intention¶−0.05 (−0.36 to 0.26)−0.27 (−0.58 to 0.05)
 Locus of causality¶−0.05 (−0.47 to 0.36)0.18 (−0.24 to 0.60)
 Exercise adherence (n/36)−1.97 (−5.74 to 1.81)
  • Statistically significant between-group differences.

  • *REMOTE-CR (intervention)-centre-based (control), adjusted for the baseline outcome, age and sex.

  • †Objective accelerometry.

  • ‡Seven-point Likert scale.

  • §p=0.03,

  • ¶p=0.04).

  • BMI, body mass index; EQ-5D, EuroQol 5-dimension; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HRQoL, health-related quality of life; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; total-C, total cholesterol; V̇O2max, maximal aerobic capacity.