Table I.

Risk profile measures at 0- and 12-month follow-up.

	Total values						p-value
Value Group	I-group (n = 307)			C-group (n = 321)			I- vs. C-group (n = 307/321)
Time (months)	n/n total	0 mean	Δ 0–12 mean	n	0 mean	Δ 0–12 Mean	Time 0–12
Systolic BP	240/307	140.3	−6.4*	240/321	138.9	−5.8*	ns
Diastolic BP	240/307	83.6	−3.8*	240/321	82.7	−3.4*	ns
T-Chol (blood total cholesterol (mmol/l))	307/307	5.5	−0.9*	321/321	5.5	−0.9*	ns
HDL (high-density lipoproteins (mmol/l))	307/307	1.3	0.1*	321/321	1.3	0.1*	ns
LDL (low-density lipoproteins (mmol/l))	307/307	3.1	−0.6*	321/321	3.2	−0.7*	ns
Tgly (triglyceride (mmol/l))	307/307	1.9	−0.3*	321/321	2.2	−0.3*	ns
HbA1c (% GHb)	307/307	6.9	−0.7*	321/321	6.8	−0.7*	ns
BMI (Body Mass Index)	230/307	30.5	−0.8*	238/321	30.8	−0.9*	ns
% Number of non-smokers	270/307	66.1	6.6	276/321	71.2	7.8	ns
Number of days per week with hard physical activity (example: aerobics)	264/307	3.3	0.9	276/321	3.5	0.5	ns
Number of days per week with moderate physical activity (example: bicycling in moderate tempo)	264/307	4.2	0.6	276/321	3.8	0.7	ns

Notes: *p < 0.01. ns = no statistically significant difference.