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. 2010 Jun 5;10:313. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-313

Table 4.

Pre and post intervention differences in risk factors.

Mean ± SEM Pre intervention Post intervention P-value Cohen's d
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)
 All 193 ± 2.6 181 ± 2.3 < 0.0001 0.4
 Women 189 ± 2.7 178 ± 2.5 < 0.0001 0.4
 Men 213 ± 6.7 191 ± 5.1 < 0.0001 0.6

HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL)
 All 54 ± 1.1 47 ± 1.0 < 0.0001 0.5
 Women 57 ± 1.2 49 ± 1.0 < 0.0001 0.6
 Men 42 ± 1.5 35 ± 1.4 < 0.0001 0.8

LDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL)
 All 114 ± 2.5 109 ± 2.1 0.01 0.2
 Women 107 ± 2.4 104 ± 2.3 0.1 0.1
 Men 143 ± 6.3 130 ± 4.5 0.02 0.4

Triglyceride (mg/dL)
 All 130 ± 6.3 132 ± 5.4 0.8 0.03
 Women 127 ± 7.1 128 ± 5.6 0.9 0.01
 Men 145 ± 13.0 149 ± 15.1 0.7 0.1

Glucose (mg/dL)
 All 91 ± 1.6 91 ± 1.2 0.8 0.0
 Women 91 ± 1.9 91 ± 1.4 1.0 0.0
 Men 90 ± 1.7 92 ± 2.5 0.5 0.2

Systolic BP (mmHg)
 All 124 ± 1.2 121 ± 1.1 0.004 0.2
 Women 122 ± 1.4 119 ± 1.3 0.001 0.2
 Men 129 ± 2.7 130 ± 1.6 0.02 0.07

Diastolic BP (mmHg)
 All 76 ± 0.81 76 ± 0.75 0.7 0.0
 Women 75 ± 0.88 75 ± 0.82 0.6 0.0
 Men 80 ± 1.9 80 ± 1.7 0.7 0.0

Body mass index (kg/m2)
 All 29 ± 0.53 29 ± 0.55 0.3 0.0
 Women 29 ± 0.63 29 ± 0.66 0.4 0.0
 Men 29 ± 0.75 29 ± 0.76 0.1

Waist circumference (cm)
 All 93 ± 1.3 93 ± 1.3 0.2 0.0
 Women 92 ± 1.4 90 ± 1.4 0.01 0.0
 Men 100 ± 2.6 101 ± 2.1 0.4 0.0