Table 1.
Socio-demographic, anthropometric and behavioural risk factor characteristics of GHS participants at baseline, six and twelve months (recruited between April 2009 – February 2011)
| Baseline | Six months | Twelve month | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
n=1088 |
n=385 |
p-value† |
n=277 |
p-value† |
|||
| |
|
n |
% |
n |
% |
|
n |
% |
|
|
Gender |
Male |
219 |
20.1 |
88 |
22.9 |
NS |
58 |
20.9 |
NS |
| |
Female |
869 |
79.9 |
297 |
77.1 |
|
219 |
79.1 |
|
|
Age Groups |
18-49 years |
647 |
59.5 |
186 |
48.0 |
** |
134 |
48.4 |
NS |
| |
50+ years |
441 |
40.5 |
199 |
52.0 |
|
143 |
51.6 |
|
|
Education~ |
Year 12 and below |
367 |
33.9 |
129 |
33.6 |
NS |
103 |
37.3 |
NS |
| |
Other |
717 |
66.1 |
255 |
66.4 |
|
173 |
62.7 |
|
|
Employment |
Employed (full, part time or casual) |
720 |
66.4 |
257 |
66.8 |
NS |
191 |
69 |
NS |
| |
Other |
365 |
33.6 |
128 |
33.2 |
|
86 |
31 |
|
|
Language |
English |
1040 |
95.6 |
374 |
97.1 |
NS |
270 |
97.5 |
NS |
| |
Other |
48 |
4.4 |
11 |
2.9 |
|
7 |
2.5 |
|
|
Indigenous |
Non Aboriginal |
1062 |
97.6 |
379 |
98.4 |
NS |
272 |
98.2 |
NS |
| |
Aboriginal |
26 |
2.4 |
6 |
1.6 |
|
5 |
1.8 |
|
|
Income |
<$AUS 80,000 |
556 |
58.1 |
206 |
59.9 |
NS |
139 |
56.7 |
NS |
| |
>$AUS 80,000 |
401 |
41.9 |
138 |
40.1 |
|
106 |
43.3 |
|
|
SEIFA |
1st, 2nd & 3rd quintiles (least advantaged) |
595 |
57.4 |
203 |
54.1 |
NS |
147 |
54.6 |
NS |
| |
4th & 5th quintile (most disadvantaged) |
441 |
42.6 |
172 |
45.9 |
|
122 |
45.4 |
|
|
Region |
Major Cities |
595 |
57.5 |
184 |
49.1 |
* |
140 |
52 |
NS |
| |
Other |
440 |
42.5 |
191 |
50.9 |
|
129 |
48 |
|
|
Coaching type |
No GP consent required |
745 |
68.5 |
235 |
61.0 |
* |
170 |
61.4 |
NS |
| |
GP consent required |
343 |
31.5 |
150 |
39.0 |
|
107 |
38.6 |
|
|
Body Mass Index (BMI) classifications |
Under & acceptable weight (BMI 10.0-24.99) |
162 |
16.2 |
67 |
18.1 |
NS |
54 |
20.3 |
NS |
| |
Overweight & Obese (BMI 25.0+) |
835 |
83.8 |
303 |
81.9 |
|
212 |
79.7 |
|
|
Waist circumference risk ¥ |
No risk |
77 |
10.2 |
33 |
10.6 |
NS |
26 |
11.5 |
NS |
| |
Increased & greatly increased risk |
679 |
89.8 |
282 |
89.4 |
|
201 |
88.5 |
|
|
Recommended physical activity*** |
Insufficient |
663 |
65.7 |
231 |
61.8 |
NS |
163 |
60.8 |
NS |
| |
Sufficient |
346 |
34.3 |
142 |
38.2 |
|
105 |
39.2 |
|
|
Fruit and vegetable consumption |
Consumes <2 serves of fruit daily |
479 |
47.4 |
172 |
46.2 |
NS |
124 |
46.3 |
NS |
| |
Consumes ≥2 serves of fruit daily |
531 |
52.6 |
200 |
53.8 |
|
144 |
53.7 |
|
| |
Consumes <5 serves of vegetables daily |
859 |
85 |
313 |
83.7 |
NS |
222 |
82.8 |
NS |
| Consumes ≥5 serves of vegetables daily | 151 | 15 | 61 | 16.3 | 46 | 17.2 | |||
Notes:
† Chi-square tests of significance between baseline and six months, and six months and twelve months.
~ Year 10 or below is the equivalent of lower secondary education; Year 12 or below is the equivalent of upper secondary education; Diploma & Certificate is the equivalent of post secondary non tertiary education; and degree or higher is the equivalent of tertiary qualifications [21].
¥ Waist circumference risk: no risk is ≤80 cm for women and ≤94 cm for men; increased risk is between 81 and 88 cm for women, and between 95 and 102 cm for men; greatly increased risk >88 cm for women and >102 cm for men [27].
*** Recommended Physical Activity: ≥5 sessions per week walking or ≥5 session per week of moderate activity, or 3–4 sessions per week walking and 1–2 sessions per week of moderate activity, or ≥1-2 sessions per week walking and 3–4 sessions per week of moderate activity [29].
* p-value <0.05; ** p-value <0.001.