Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics at baseline
| Control (N=12) |
Intervention (N=11) |
Dropouts (N=5) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics at baseline | ||||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Indian | 11 | 91.7% | 10 | 90.9% | 5 | 100.0% |
| Pakistani | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Nepali | 1 | 8.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Bangladeshi | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 9.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Sri Lankan | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Education | ||||||
| Grade school | 2 | 16.7% | 1 | 9.1% | 1 | 20.0% |
| Some college/college degree | 6 | 50.0% | 6 | 54.5% | 2 | 40.0% |
| Postgraduate degree | 4 | 33.3% | 4 | 36.4% | 2 | 40.0% |
| Employment status | ||||||
| No employment | 4 | 33.3% | 8 | 72.7% | 3 | 60.0% |
| Part-time employment | 4 | 33.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 20.0% |
| Full-time employment | 4 | 33.3% | 3 | 27.3% | 1 | 20.0% |
| Brackets: years lived in the USA | ||||||
| 0–10 | 1 | 8.3% | 1 | 9.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 11–20 | 8 | 66.7% | 4 | 36.4% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 21–30 | 3 | 25.0% | 4 | 36.4% | 4 | 80.0% |
| 30+ | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 18.2% | 1 | 20.0% |
| Summary: years lived in the USA | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 18.2 (5.3) | 22.8 (9.3) | 29.8 (7.6) | |||
| Brackets: years since diabetes dx | ||||||
| 0–5 | 4 | 33.3% | 2 | 18.2% | 3 | 60.0% |
| 6–10 | 4 | 33.3% | 5 | 45.5% | 1 | 20.0% |
| 10+ | 2 | 16.7% | 3 | 27.3% | 1 | 20.0% |
| Unknown | 2 | 16.7% | 1 | 9.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Summary: years since diabetes dx | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 7.5 (4.2) | 8.9 (5.1) | 6.5 (5.9) | |||
| Receives some medication for diabetes | ||||||
| No | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 18.2% | 5 | 100.0% |
| Yes | 12 | 100.0% | 9 | 81.8% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Brackets: amount of time spent exercising in the past week | ||||||
| No exercise | 4 | 33.3% | 2 | 18.2% | 1 | 20.0% |
| 3 h or less | 7 | 58.3% | 7 | 63.6% | 4 | 80.0% |
| More than 3 h | 1 | 8.3% | 2 | 18.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Clinical characteristics at baseline | ||||||
| Glycated hemoglobin (%) | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 6.82 (0.54) | 6.49 (0.36) | 6.49 (0.63) | |||
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 27.49 (2.95) | 26.30 (3.77) | 27.74 (1.81) | |||
| Weight (kg) | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 68.6 (6.86) | 63.1 (11.16) | 69.2 (2.84) | |||
BMI, body mass index.