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. 2009 Feb 23;9:9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-9

Table 1.

Sample size calculations

% adherence to European Guidelines on CVD prevention in high risk group(CRAFTS baseline data) Target change to detect % Sample size per group
Moderate or vigorous exercise for 20 mins 3 or more times/week 17 Increase by 20% 73
Dietary intake of 3 vegetables portions & 2 fruit portions or more/day 21 Increase by 20% 80
No smoking % in stroke and TIA patient population 85 Increase by 15% 61
% subjects fulfilling all 3 criterion 9 Increase by 20% 56
Mean (sd) of baseline measures from pilot study in stroke patients Mean change in intervention group – pilot study Target change to detect
Cardiac Risk Score 9.4 (6.80) 1.52 4.0 72
VO2 exercise test 10.87 (1.71) 1.48 1.0 46
HAD – Anxiety subscale 6.13 (3.71) 0.86 1.5 54