. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 16.

Published in final edited form as: Cent Eur J Public Health. 2008 Dec;16(4):161–164. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a3474

Table 2.

A comparison of cardiovascular diseases risk factors between SDA (143 participants – 47 men, 96 women) and control group (140 participants – 51 men, 89 women) before the NEW START retreats in 2001–2003. Age (46–47 years) and the heart rate (74–75.min^-1) were the same in both groups. Mean(±SD).

Parameters (men and women)	Adventists	Controls	p
Body weight (kg)	70.2±13.1	72.1±15.6	^**
BMI (kg/m²)	24.1±5.0	25.4±5.2	^**
Fat (per cent of body weight)	25.3±8.5	28.9±9.6	^***
Fat (kg)	18.2±8.5	21.1±8.9	^**
Blood pressure systolic (mmHg)	127.1±22.5	134.9±26.1	^**
Diastolic (mmHg)	75.8±9.2	81.5±10.0	^***
Blood glucose (mmol/l)	3.41±0.9	4.48±1.1	^****
Serum cholesterol (mmol/l)	4.03±0.5	4.94±0.9	^****

p< 0.05;

^**

p<0.01;

^***

p<0.001;

^****

p<0.0001