Table III.

Prevalence of risk factors at baseline (n = 61)

Health behavior	Proportion of patients who received the recommendation at baseline
Recommendation	Successful	Unsuccessful	Total
Increase overall physical activity	87.5 (28)	82.8 (24)	85.3 (52)
Increase strength training	84.4 (27)	86.2 (25)	85.3 (52)
Smoking cessation	34.4 (11)	27.6 (8)	31.2 (19)
Decrease red meat intake	37.5 (12)	55.2 (16)	45.9 (28)
Decrease cholesterol through diet and medication	90.6 (29)	89.7 (26)	90.2 (55)
Increase dietary flavonoid intake	34.4 (11)	31.0 (9)	32.8 (20)
Lose weight	50.0 (16)	48.3 (14)	49.2 (30)
Increase fiber intake	28.1 (9)	20.7 (6)	24.6 (15)
Take diabetes medications as prescribed	15.6 (5)	3.5 (1)	9.8 (6)
Take beta-blockers as prescribed	28.1 (9)	24.1 (7)	26.2 (16)
Take blood pressure medication as prescribed	62.5 (20)	69.0 (20)	65.6 (40)
Increase folic acid intake	43.8 (14)	31.0 (9)	37.7 (23)

Data presented as % (n), except where otherwise noted.