Table 1.
General characteristics of participants in the Mediterranean and control groups (Tabriz, Iran, 2022–2023).
| Variables | Intervention group (n = 30) |
Control group (n = 30) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year) [Mean (SD)] | 35.03(9.36) | 39.14(8.99) | 0.643c | |
| Gender [n (%)] | 0.628a | |||
| Females | 26(43.3) | 27(45) | ||
| Males | 4(6.7) | 3(5) | ||
| Marital status [n (%)] | 0.558a | |||
| Single | 13(22.0) | 13(22.0) | ||
| Married | 17(28.8) | 16(27.1) | ||
| Education Level [n (%)] | 0.765b | |||
| Diploma and High school degree | 7(11.6) | 10(16.6) | ||
| Associate Degree and bachelor’s degree | 15(25.0) | 14(23.4) | ||
| Higher than a bachelor’s degree | 8(13.3) | 6(10) | ||
| Employment status [n (%)] | 0.258a | |||
| Housewife | 18(30) | 15(25) | ||
| Employee | 11(18.3) | 15(25) | ||
| Addiction [n (%)] | 0.119a | |||
| Yes | 0(0.0) | 3(5) | ||
| No | 30(50.0) | 27(45) | ||
| HLS [Mean (SD)] | 2.72(0.581) | 2.68(0.909) | 0.830c | |
| MET [Mean (SD)] | 578.46(904.03) | 683.67(1069.50) | 0.938c | |
HLS: Healthy lifestyle score; MET: Metabolic Equivalent.
a Fisher’s exact test.
b Chi-Square.
c Independent samples t-test.