Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of the study patients.
| Group 1 (standard education) (n = 98) | Group 2 (individualised education) (n = 100) | p-value | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 73 (75) | 72 (72) | 0.407 |
| Female | 25 (26) | 28 (28) | |
| Age (years) | 62.1 ± 10.2 | 59.1 ± 9.8 | 0.038 |
| Weight (kg) | 75.6 ± 11.2 | 80.3 ± 13.5 | 0.008 |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 92 (94) | 94 (94) | 0.602 |
| Single | 6 (6) | 6 (6) | |
| Having children | |||
| Yes | 96 (98) | 94 (94) | 0.146 |
| No | 2 (2) | 6 (6) | |
| Education | |||
| Primary school | 78 (80) | 68 (68) | 0.025 |
| Middle school | 10 (10) | 13 (13) | |
| High school | 7 (7) | 6 (6) | |
| University | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | |
| Illiterate | 0 (0) | 10 (10) | |
| Working status | |||
| Working | 30 (31) | 30 (30) | 0.524 |
| Not working | 68 (69) | 70 (70) | |
| Income ($*/TL# per month) | 624.0 ± 418.6 | 406.7 ± 202.3 | < 0.001 |
| Smoking | |||
| Yes | 27 (28) | 31 (31) | 0.353 |
| No | 71 (72) | 69 (69) | |
| Alcohol consumption | |||
| Yes | 12 (12) | 18 (18) | 0.176 |
| No | 86 (88) | 82 (82) | |
| Exercise | |||
| Yes | 18 (18) | 48 (48) | < 0.001 |
| No | 80 (82) | 52 (52) | |
| Frequency of exercise | |||
| None | 56 (57) | 52 (52) | 0.002 |
| 3–4 times/week | 12 (12) | 9 (9) | |
| Daily | 10 (10) | 30 (30) | |
| 1–2 times/week | 20 (20) | 9 (9) | |
| On a diet | |||
| Yes | 24 (25) | 36 (36) | 0.054 |
| No | 74 (76) | 64 (64) | |
Data are given as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation.
*$, US Dollar; #TL, Turkish Lira (the exchange rate was 1 TL = $1.9961).