Three- and Five-Year Follow-Up of a Combined Inpatient-Outpatient Treatment of Obese Children and Adolescents

Table 6

Average changes in the walking test results after the end of the program and 3 and 5 years after start of the program (mean (SD)).

	Baseline to 12-month follow-up (end of programme)	Baseline to 36-month follow-up (3YFU)	Baseline to 60-month follow-up (5YFU)
Heart rate at rest (beats/min); test statistics^1	−2.57 (15.75); Mdn: 0; 𝑧=−3.58, 𝑃<0.001	−3.40 (15.35); Mdn: 0; 𝑧=−5.30, 𝑃<0.001	−2.30 (12.05); Mdn: 0; 𝑧=−4.67, 𝑃<0.001
Walking distance (m); test statistics^1	6.92 (82.24); Mdn: 0; 𝑧=−1.60, n.s.	−3.72 (90.12); Mdn: 0; 𝑧=−2.00, n.s.	−3.67 (81.27); Mdn: 0; 𝑧=−1.60, n.s.
Heart rate (beats/min) 2 min after test; test statistics^1	−13.49 (20.53); Mdn: 0; 𝑧=−13.52, 𝑃<0.001	−12.11 (20.02); Mdn: 0; 𝑧=−12.62, 𝑃<0.001	−6.90 (15.44); Mdn: 0; 𝑧=−9.77, 𝑃<0.001
Heart rate (beats/min) 10 min after test; test statistics^1	−8.87 (15.96); Mdn: 0; 𝑧=−12.01, 𝑃<0.001	−7.80 (15.59); Mdn: 0; 𝑧=−10.92, 𝑃<0.001	−4.54 (11.78); Mdn: 0; 𝑧=−8.81, 𝑃<0.001

1Test statistics calculated by Wilcoxon-test.
Mdn: median.
3YFU: 3-year follow-up (36 month/3 years after baseline).
5YFU: 5-year follow-up (60 month/5 years after baseline).