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. 2013 Apr 22;13:375. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-375

Table 3.

Characteristics of CN SNAPW trial clients at baseline

Characteristics
Total (n = 804)
Early interv (n = 425)
Late interv (379)
  N % N % N %
Female
396
49.3
214
50.4
182
48.0
Aboriginal/ Torres Strait Islander
4
0.5
2
0.5
2
0.5
Language other than English
35
4.4
18
4.2
17
4.5
Employed
215
26.7
115
27.1
100
26.4
Unable to work (long-term sickness/ disability)
109
13.6
50
11.8
59
15.6
Retired from paid work
419
53.1
229
53.9
190
50.1
Age (yrs)
 
 
 
 
 
 
30-39 yrs
44
5.5
22
5.2
22
5.8
40-49
78
9.7
44
10.4
34
9.0
50-59
142
17.7
76
18.0
66
17.4
60-69
256
31.9
136
32.2
120
31.7
≥ 70
280
35.2
143
34.3
137
36.1
Self-rated health status Poor or Fair
308
38.3
158
37.2
150
39.6
Self-rated mental health status: Downhearted or blue
 
 
 
 
Most to all of the time
102
12.7
49
11.5
53
14.0
Health conditions
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hypertension
395
49.1
225
52.9
170
44.9
Arthritis
277
34.5
155
36.5
122
32.2
High cholesterol
239
29.7
132
31.1
107
28.2
Cancer
213
26.5
123
28.9
90
23.7
Diabetes
185
23.0
102
24.0
83
21.9
Depression
132
16.4
66
15.5
66
17.4
Heart disease
132
16.4
55
15.9
55
17.1
no risk factors
18 (2.2%)
11 (2.6%)
7 (1.8%)
1 risk only
147 (18.3%)
76 (17.9%
71 (18.7%)
2 risks
328 (40.2%)
164 (38.6%)
159 (42.0%)
3 risks
215 (26.7%)
120 (28.2
95 (25.1%)
4 risks
92 (11.4%)
50 (11.8%)
42 (11.1%)
5 risks
9 (1.1%)
4 (0.9)
5 (1.3)
< 2 serves of fruit (n = 801)
336 (41.9%)
174 (40.9%)
162 (42.7%)
<5 serves of veg (n = 796)
672 (84.4%)
352 (82.8%)
320 (84.4%)
At risk alcohol consumption a (n = 804)
297 (36.9%)
159 (37.4%)
138 (36.4%)
Smokers (n = 802)
138 (17.2%)
74 (17.5%)
65 (17.2%)
Overweight (OW) (n = 785)
263 (33.5%)
123 (29.8%)
140 (37.6%)
Obese (n = 785)
318 (40.5%)
182 (44.1%)
136 (36.6%)
OW or obese (n = 785)
581 (74.0%)
305 (71.8%)
276 (72.8%)
Unable to do physical activity (PA)b (n = 793)
375 (47.3%)
196 (46.2%)
179 (47.2%)
Able to do PA but inadequate (n = 418) 211 (50.5%) 120 (31.2%) 91 (25.9%)

a The 2009 national alcohol guidelines for alcohol consumption are available at: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/alcohol/publishing.nsf/Content/guide-adult.

b Those with major physical limitations which (a) limited their ability to engage in physical activity a lot and (b) were estimated to last for more than 4 weeks, or unsure.