TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics of the ILI and DSE groups: mean (standard deviation) or frequency (percent).
| Characteristic | Intervention Assignment |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intensive Lifestyle Intervention N=2,570 |
Diabetes Support and Education N=2,575 |
||
| Female | 1526 (59.3) | 1537 (59.6) | 0.85* |
| Ethnicity | |||
| African-American | 399 (15.5) | 404 (15.7) | |
| American Indian / Alaskan Native | 130 (5.1) | 128 (5.0) | |
| Asian / Pacific Islander | 29 (1.1) | 21 (0.8) | 0.28* |
| Hispanic / Latino | 339 (13.2) | 338 (13.2) | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 1618 (63.1) | 1628 (63.3) | |
| Other / multiple | 48 (1.9) | 50 (1.9) | |
| Age, years | 58.6 (6.8) | 58.9 (6.9) | 0.12† |
| History of cardiovascular disease‡ | 371 (14.4) | 351 (13.6) | 0.40* |
| Metabolic síndrome | 2406 (93.6) | 2431 (94.4) | 0.32* |
| Use of insulin | 381 (14.8) | 408 (15.8) | 0.31* |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | |||
| Females | 36.3 (6.2) | 36.6 (6.0) | 0.15† |
| Males | 35.3 (5.7) | 35.1 (5.2) | 0.41† |
| Weight, kg | |||
| Females | 94.8 (17.9) | 95.4 (17.3) | 0.34† |
| Males | 108.9 (19.0) | 109.0 (18.0) | 0.94† |
| Waist circumference, cm | |||
| Females | 110.5 (13.6) | 111.2 (13.2) | 0.14† |
| Males | 118.7 (14.0) | 118.4 (12.9) | 0.62† |
| Fitness, METS | |||
| Females | 6.7 (1.7) | 6.6 (1.7) | 0.38† |
| Males | 7.9 (2.1) | 8.0 (2.2) | 0.89† |
*
Chi square test
†
Analysis of covariance, adjusted for clinical center
‡
Self-report of prior myocardial infarction, stroke, TIA (transient ischemic attack), angioplasty/stent, coronary artery bypass graft, carotid endarterectomy, angioplasty of lower extremity, aortic aneurysm repair, or heart failure