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. 2014 Mar 19;11:41. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-11-41

Table 4.

Percentage of dual contact participants adhering to individual health behaviours (n = 1328)

 
Baseline
12 months
% difference within groups (12 months minus baseline %)
Difference between intervention & control group change at 12 months#
  Intervention % Control % p-value^ Intervention % Control % p-value^ Intervention Control OR (95% CI) p-value
Meat
72.2
74.5
0.21
67.0
70.1
0.21
-5.2
-4.4
0.90 (0.82-1.0)
0.08
Fish
67.0
69.3
0.25
78.9
73.2
0.01*
+11.9
+3.9
1.38 (1.22-1.55)
0.00*
Milk
68.9
70.2
0.52
75.1
73.1
0.39
+6.1
+2.9
1.15 (1.06-1.26)
0.01*
Salt
44.8
44.4
0.83
52.4
45.3
0.01*
+7.6
+0.9
1.14 (1.06-1.24)
0.01*
V&F
11.9
12.1
0.89
21.2
12.7
0.00*
+9.2
+0.6
1.37 (1.18-1.59)
0.00*
Spread
66.4
66.3
0.95
72.6
64.7
0.00*
+6.1
-1.7
1.08 (0.99-1.18)
0.10
Smoking
84.5
86.0
0.31
89.0
90.4
0.38
+4.5
+4.4
1.04 (0.96-1.14)
0.14
Physical activity
49.9
53.0
0.13
48.7
46.8
0.48
-1.2
-6.2
0.85 (0.76-1.01)
0.10
Alcohol
67.9
69.7
0.35
78.3
75.5
0.20
+10.4
+5.8
1.34 (1.21-1.48)
0.00*
Body weight 43.5 38.8 0.06 42.3 39.7 0.34 -1.2 +1.7 1.02 (0.95-1.10) 0.49

^Chi2 used to test the significant difference for % adherence between intervention and control groups.

#GEE used for measuring statistical significance for difference between changes in intervention group over and above the change in control group.

*Significant results (Bolded Text).

Analysis adjusted for age and education status.

V&F: Vegetable and Fruit.