Table 1.
Physical and clinical characteristics and healthy heart knowledge of the subjects before and after 8-week program for intervention and control groups
| Intervention | control | ||||
| Before | After | Before | After | P value | |
| Body Mass Index(kg/m2) | 28.02(4.74)§ | 27.53(4.49) | 27.82(5.39) | 28.05(8.42) | NS |
| waist to hip ratio (cm) | 0.91(0.06) | 0.87(0.07) | 0.92(0.07) | 0.88(0.07) | NS |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmhg) | 111.28(14.47) | 110.28(17.17) | 111.38(13.40) | 113.60(12.64) | 0.04 |
| Diastolic blood pressure(mmhg) | 68.97(12.11) | 72.62(9.95) | 69.95(11.26) | 74.19(8.87) | NS |
| Total cholesterol(mg/dl) | 193.15(37.94) | 196.88(40.38) | 199.15(40.14) | 200.82(42.18) | NS |
| Triglyceride (mg/dl) | 127.66(74.84) | 133.38(73.94) | 130.23(69.11) | 140.21(73.77) | NS |
| Fasting Blood Sugar (mg/dl) | 81.94(14.46) | 86.65(12.58) | 83.51(18.80) | 87.54(14.77) | NS |
| Knowledge Score (out of 49) | 41.12 (0.26) | 38.01(0.39) | <0.0001 | ||
| Moderate physical activity (minutes/week) | 17.59(5.23) | 116.46 (18.03) | 26.59 (11.61) | 37.15 (12.42) | 0.03 |
| Vigorous physical activity (minutes/week) | 4.09 (1.81) | 21.38 (8.70) | 3.61 (1.65) | 3.02(1.03) | 0.001 |
§Values are mean (SD), except for physical activity and knowledge score which are mean (SE)