Table 1.

Characteristics of the 217 Patients from the Rehabilitation Program at Krokeide Rehabilitation Center, Bergen, Norway (2000 to 2002)

Variable	Responders, na	Responders, %	Mean (SDb)	Observed min, max
Gender	217	100
Male	176	81
Female	41	19
Age	217	100	54.9 (9.3)	34, 81
HDLc T0	162	75	1.18 (0.30)	0.50, 2.03
HDL T24	162	75	1.23 (0.35)	0.50, 2.78
TGd T0	162	75	1.54 (0.91)	0.58, 6.35
TG T24	162	75	1.74 (1.11)	0.48, 5.94
HOMAe score T0	149	69	2.89 (4.11)	0.47, 30.51
HOMA score T24	140	65	3.22 (3.58)	0.46, 23.15
mCRPf T0	162	75	4.19 (6.32)	0.1, 46.0
mCRP T24	162	75	3.17 (4.09)	0.1, 21.6
Emotional status T0	217	100	2.97 (1.07)	1.0, 6.08
Emotional status T24	174	80	2.72 (1.05)	1..0, 5.25
Smoking T0	211g	97	0.21 (0.41)
Smoking T24	172h	79	0.16 (0.37)
Physical capacity T0	213	98	4.39 (1.61)	1.0, 7.0
Physical capacity T24	177	82	4.82 (1.72)	1.0, 7.0
Physical activity T0	215	99	3.21 (0.87)	1.0, 4.75
Physical activity T24	174	80	3.44 (0.80)	1.0, 5.0

^aNumber

^bStandard Deviation

^cHigh density lipoprotein

^dTriglycerides

^eThe HOMA score is explained in the text under Material and Method

^fMicro c-reactive protein

^g44 smokers among 211 responders (21%)

^h28 smokers among 172 responders (16%)