Table 1.

Baseline (t0) characteristics of the study participants.

Variable		All participants (N=153)	Intervention group (n=78)	Control group (n=75)
Age (years), mean (SD)		48.92 (11.17)	49.12 (11.36)	48.72 (11.05)
Sex, n (%)
	Male	44 (28.8)	20 (25.7)	24 (32.0)
	Female	109 (71.2)	58 (74.3)	51 (68.0)
Body weight (kg), mean (SD)		88.39 (10.65)	88.42 (10.15)	88.36 (11.21)
Body height (m), mean (SD)		1.69 (0.08)	1.69 (0.07)	1.70 (0.08)
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)		30.71 (2.13)	30.88 (2.20)	30.54 (2.05)
Dropouts, n (%)		35 (22.9)	19 (24.4)	16 (21.3)