Table 1.
Baseline characteristics (n =179a)).
| Intervention group (n = 91) |
Control group (n= 88) |
P valueb) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous data | Median (IQRc)) | Median (IQRc)) | |
| Age (years) | 43 (11) | 41 (11) | 0.33 |
| Height (cm) | 156 (7) | 158 (8) | 0.26 |
| Weight (kg) | 76 (20) | 68 (22) | 0.002 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 31 (8) | 28 (9) | 0.001 |
| Years in Sweden | 7 (15) | 18 (16) | 0.009 |
| Categorical data | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Age | |||
| 18-39 | 43 (43) | 37 (42) | 0.94 |
| 40-54 | 49 (49) | 43 (49) | |
| 55- | 7 (8) | 8 (9) | |
| BMI category | |||
| Normal weight (< 25 kg/m2) | 9 (10) | 24 (27) | 0.008 |
| Overweight | 34 (37) | 31 (35) | |
| Obese (≥ 30 kg/m2) | 48 (53) | 33 (38) | |
| Education | |||
| < 10 years | 49 (54) | 36 (47) | 0.65 |
| 10-12 years | 18 (20) | 19 (25) | |
| > 12 years | 24 (26) | 21 (28) | |
| Employed | 26 (29) | 36 (44) | 0.03 |
| Smokers | 27 (30) | 17 (19) | 0.0001 |
| Acculturation | |||
| High level of knowledge of Swedish | 20 (24) | 40 (53) | 0.0001 |
| Cardiorespiratory fitness (outcomes) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | |
| Relative aerobic capacity (O2ml·kg·min-1) | 23 (10) | 32 (13) | 0.0001 |
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Fitness level ≥ 23 O2ml·kg·min-1 (%) | 49 (54) | 73 (83) | 0.0001 |
(n = 179a))
aAt least one measurement either at baseline or at 6-month follow-up of relative aerobic capacity.
bWilcoxon rank sum test for continuous data and Chi-square test for categorical data.
cInterquartile range (IQR)