Table 3.

Proportion of behaviours related to cardiovascular disease at pre-test and post-test among men and women

Health behaviour	Type of communitya	Men (n = 448)		Women (n = 547)
		Pre-test (%)	Post-test (%)	p-value (McNemar)	Pre-test (%)	Post-test (%)	p-value (McNemar)
High knowledgeb	I	56	70	0.000	60	75	0.000
	R	69	80	0.167	58	76	0.006
Positive attitudec	I	26	28	0.624	27	31	0.191
	R	26	28	1.000	31	34	0.860
Non smokerd	I	55	53	0.302	100	100	N.A.
	R	52	56	0.727	100	99	N.A.
Physically activee	I	55	51	0.388	51	48	0.402
	R	48	61	0.169	52	39	0.090
Sufficient fruit and vegetable intakef	I	13	13	0.826	12	17	0.033
	R	10	24	0.146	9	23	0.012

^aI = Intervention communities, number of respondents was 851; R = Referent communities, number of respondents was 144.

^bHigh knowledge defined as a total knowledge score ≥6 (the mean score).

^cPositive attitude as a total attitude score ≥36 (the mean score); positive attitude means more agreeable to behaviour change to prevent CVD.

^dSmoker was defined as smoking at least one cigarette per day.

^ePhysically active was defined as total activity time of ≥150 minutes per week.

^fSufficient fruit and vegetable intake was defined as eating ≥4.5 portions of fruit and/or vegetables per day.