Table 5. Long-term effects of intervention on metabolic syndrome components followed-up after 6 and 12 months.
| Components/risks | Post intervention (T2) | 6 months after the intervention (T5) | 12 months after the intervention (T6) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LI group (n=137) | BI group (n=106) | LI group (n=88) | BI group (n=69) | Time effect | Group effect | Time×group effect | LI group (n=74) | BI group (n=58) | Time effect | Group effect | Time×group effect | |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Estimates§ | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Estimates∥ | |||||
| MetS components | ||||||||||||
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 124.9 (12.5) | 127.0 (13.2) | 122.5 (12.2) | 118.8 (10.6) | -7.7100‡ | -1.6260 | 5.6649† | 118.6 (12.2) | 117.7 (12.0) | -8.6307‡ | -1.9257 | 2.6634 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 79.6 (9.1) | 81.0 (11.3) | 78.3 (8.2) | 76.7 (8.5) | -3.6190† | -0.5251 | 2.3390 | 77.7 (8.6) | 75.7 (7.8) | -4.2309† | -0.5529 | 2.4910 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 88.3 (8.0) | 89.6 (8.2) | 86.9 (7.9) | 87.4 (7.7) | -1.4704† | -0.4044 | 0.2701 | 87.1 (7.8) | 88.6 (7.4) | -0.1910 | -0.2532 | -0.7514 |
| Fasting glucose (mg/dL) | 109.2 (35.8) | 106.6 (20.5) | 103.2 (16.6) | 105.4 (19.1) | 0.3068 | 1.7020 | -1.4848 | 105.2 (16.1) | 102.7 (13.9) | -0.783 | 1.4474 | -1.0324 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 172.6 (90.5) | 189.1 (111.2) | 152.0 (72.3) | 184.6 (116.5) | -3.4847 | -16.3580 | -10.7127 | 169.9 (90.1) | 202.8 (138.3) | 14.2499 | -12.5951 | -12.9605 |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 51.4 (9.8) | 50.7 (9.0) | 49.6 (9.1) | 49.5 (7.4) | 0.1896 | -0.0419 | -0.8878 | 50.1 (8.7) | 49.6 (12.3) | -0.4291 | -0.3818 | -0.0323 |
| No. of risks meeting MetS | 2.6 (1.1) | 2.8 (1.0) | 2.3 (1.1) | 2.6 (1.1) | -0.2415* | -0.0940 | -0.1059 | 2.4 (1.1) | 2.5 (1.0) | -0.3084* | -0.0564 | -0.0026 |
| z-MetS score | -0.4 (3.0) | 0.3 (3.2) | -1.2 (2.7) | -1.0 (2.8) | -1.2696‡ | -0.2606 | 0.5896 | -1.2 (2.7) | -1.0 (2.7) | -0.9612† | -0.2039 | 0.1437 |
*P<0.05; †P<0.01; ‡P<0.001; §Coefficients obtained by comparing differences in the variables between post intervention (T2) and 6 months after the intervention (T5) based on Mixed Effects Models for adjusted for age, sex, education level, income, marriage status, intervention site, frequency of visits and the baseline values; ∥Coefficients obtained by comparing differences in the variables between post intervention (T2) and 12 months after the intervention (T6) based on Mixed Effects Models for adjusted for age, sex, education level, income, marriage status, intervention site, frequency of visits and the baseline values. LI, intensive lifestyle intervention; BI, basic usual intervention; SD, standard deviation; MetS, metabolic syndrome; BP, blood pressure; HDL-cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.