Table 2.
Baseline characteristics.
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| INTERVENTION (N = 51) | CONTROL (N = 49) | p-VALUE | |
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| Gender, n (%) | 0.0111 | ||
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| Male | 9 (17.6%) | 20 (40.8%) | |
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| Female | 42 (82.4%) | 29 (59.2%) | |
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| Diabetes, n (%) | 0.7281 | ||
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| No | 37 (72.5%) | 34 (69.4%) | |
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| Yes | 14 (27.5%) | 15 (30.6%) | |
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| Physical activities, n (%) | 0.4271 | ||
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| No | 23 (45.1%) | 24 (49.0%) | |
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| Yes—irregular | 16 (31.4%) | 10 (20.4%) | |
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| Yes—regular | 12 (23.5%) | 15 (30.6%) | |
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| Marital status, n (%) | 0.1932 | ||
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| Single | 10 (19.6%) | 11 (22.4%) | |
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| Married | 28 (54.9%) | 18 (36.7%) | |
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| Living together | 6 (11.8%) | 4 (8.2%) | |
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| Divorced | 4 (7.8%) | 10 (20.4%) | |
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| Widow | 3 (5.9%) | 6 (12.2%) | |
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| Smoking, n (%) | 0.7941 | ||
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| Never | 39 (76.5%) | 35 (71.4%) | |
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| Former | 6 (11.8%) | 8 (16.3%) | |
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| Current | 6 (11.8%) | 6 (12.2%) | |
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| Religion, n (%) | 0.8852 | ||
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| Protestant | 22 (43.1%) | 21 (42.9%) | |
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| Catholic | 20 (39.2%) | 22 (44.9%) | |
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| Spiritist | 2 (3.9%) | 1 (2.0%) | |
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| Others | 7 (13.7%) | 5 (10.2%) | |
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| Alcohol intake, n (%) | 0.2991 | ||
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| No | 36 (70.6%) | 39 (79.6%) | |
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| Yes | 15 (29.4%) | 10 (20.4%) | |
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| Age | 0.2043 | ||
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| Mean (SD) | 55.8 (10.6) | 58.8 (12.3) | |
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| BMI | 0.0433 | ||
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| Mean (SD) | 32.0 (5.9) | 29.7 (5.4) | |
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| Office SBP | 0.4703 | ||
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| Mean (SD) | 130.1 (15.3) | 127.9 (15.1) | |
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| Office DBP | 0.4183 | ||
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| Mean (SD) | 79.6 (10.9) | 77.9 (8.8) | |
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| Central SBP | 0.2203 | ||
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| Mean (SD) | 117.5 (12.9) | 114.4 (12.6) | |
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| Central DBP | 0.9603 | ||
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| Mean (SD) | 81.8 (10.6) | 81.9 (9.5) | |
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| HBPM SBP | 0.7653 | ||
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| Mean (SD) | 122.5 (10.8) | 123.3 (12.6) | |
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| HBPM DBP | 0.7653 | ||
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| Mean (SD) | 80.6 (9.6) | 80.1 (7.3) | |
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| PWV | 0.3023 | ||
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| Mean (SD) | 8.0 (1.5) | 8.3 (1.7) | |
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| FMD | 0.7733 | ||
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| Mean (SD) | 9.8 (5.1) | 10.2 (6.1) | |
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1P-value from Chi-Square test;2P-value from Fisher Exact test;3P-value from unpaired two-samples t-test with equal variance.
BMI—body mass index, SBP—systolic blood pressure, DBP—diastolic blood pressure, HBPM—home blood pressure monitoring, PWV—pulse wave velocity, FMD—flow mediated dilation.