Table 2.
Composite scores for chronic disease risk factors knowledge and attitudes in study women at baseline and 6-month follow-up (median and interquartile range, IQR).
| Variables | Urban |
Rural |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (n = 400) | Follow-up (n = 400) | Baseline (n = 500) | Follow-up (n = 500) | Baseline (n = 900) | Follow-up (n = 900) | |
| Tobacco use | 3.0 (1.0–4.0) | 3.0 (3.0–4.0) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 3.0 (3.0–4.0) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 3.0 (3.0–4.0) |
| Physical activity | 3.0 (3.0–5.0) | 4.0 (3.0–6.0) | 3.0 (2.0–5.0) | 5.0 (4.0–6.0) | 3.0 (2.0–5.0) | 5.0 (4.0–6.0) |
| Anaemia | 2.0 (0.0–5.0) | 4.0 (3.0–5.0) | 2.0 (0.0–3.0) | 5.0 (3.25–6.0) | 2.0 (0.0–4.0) | 5.0 (3.0–6.0) |
| Obesity | 7.0 (7.0–11.0) | 9.0 (6.0–12.0) | 7.0 (5.0–10.0) | 12.0 (10.0–13.0) | 7.0 (5.0–10.0) | 11.0 (8.0–13.0) |
| Hypertension | 5.0 (0.0–9.0) | 9.0 (5.0–11.0) | 3.0 (0.0–7.0) | 9 (5.0–12.0) | 4.0 (0.0–8.0) | 9.0 (5.0–12.0) |
| Diabetes | 7.0 (1.0–15.0) | 13.0 (5.0–18.0) | 2.0 (1.0–8.0) | 12.0 (7.0–18.0) | 3.0 (1.0–12.0) | 12.0 (6.0–18.0) |
| Cholesterol and lipids | 4.0 (2.0–5.0) | 5.0 (4.0–6.0) | 4.0 (4.0–5.0) | 6.0 (5.0–6.0) | 4.0 (3.0–5.0) | 6.0 (4.0–6.0) |
| Heart disease | 7.5 (2.0–13.75) | 12.0 (8.0–15.0) | 5.0 (2.0–8.0) | 13.0 (9.0–16.0) | 6.0 (2.0–11.0) | 13.0 (9.0–16.0) |
| Stroke | 0.0 (0.0–3.0) | 2.0 (0.0–4.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 2.0 (0.0–5.0) | 0.0 (0.0–2.0) | 2.0 (0.0–4.0) |
| Total score | 39.5 (18.0–64.0) | 60.5 (43.0–76.0) | 29.0 (20.0–46.0) | 63.5 (48.0–81.75) | 32.0 (19.0–54.0) | 62 (46.0–79.0) |
| Inter-group comparisons (Mann Whitney U-test, p value) | 9.158 (<0.001) | 20.314 (<0.001) | 21.299 (<0.001) | |||