Table 2.

Weight and blood pressure measures of participants engaged in a cancer risk awareness and prevention program in Bullock and Macon Counties, Alabama, 2012 and 2013 (N = 62).

Variables	Weight a				Systolic bb	Blood pressurea
Baseline	Final	% change	p-Value	Systolic fc	% Change	p-Value	Diastolic bb	Diastolic fc	% Change	p-Value
Macon County (N = 38)
Curves (N = 9)	216.90 (53.5)	206.60 (45.6)	− 4.6	0.02⁎	148.0 (15.2)	131.8 (11.6)	− 10.95	0.006⁎⁎	85.3 (8.2)	77.4 (8.6)	− 9.17	0.004⁎⁎
Floor exercise (N = 10)	200.78 (46.3)	178.33 (41.6)	− 11.18	.0001⁎⁎	141.8 (15.0)	124.7 (17.8)	− 12.06	0.008⁎⁎	89.6 (10.8)	78.2 (6.9)	− 12.66	0.0002⁎⁎
Walking (N = 10)	183.78 (34.6)	181.78 (35.4)	− 1.09	0.65	138.7 (10.9)	126.8 (16.4)	− 8.54	0.062	87.9 (8.1)	81.2 (4.0)	− 7.53	0.029⁎
Water aerobics (N = 9)	180.5 (18.6)	179.00 (16.5)	− 0.86	0.73	150.4 (34.2)	133.4(28.2)	− 11.30	0.009⁎⁎	85.1 (9.6)	80.5 (11.1)	− 5.34	0.109
Bullock County (N = 24)
Aerobics (N = 6)	235.5 (32.3)	233.9 (34.9)	− 0.69	0.45	134.8 (24.0)	124.3 (10.1)	− 7.79	0.12	134.8 (24.0)	124.3 (10.1)	− 6.93	0.18
Dance (N = 6)	212.0 (84.07)	215.0 (84.4)	+ 1.42	0.40	120.0 (12.2)	118.0 (10.6)	− 4.83	0.57	120.0 (12.2)	118.0 (10.6)	− 2.62	0.76
Gym (N = 6)	178.0 (21.8)	174.80 (18.7)	− 1.80	0.27	130.0 (12.2)	120.2 (12.3)	− 7.69	0.82	130.0 (12.2)	120.2 (12.3)	− 8.04	0.22
Walking(N = 6)	180.1 (27.5)	174 (26.6)	− 3.40	0.009⁎⁎	126.5 (10.5)	121.3 (9.91)	− 4.15	0.42	126.5 (10.5)	121.3 (9.91)	+ 0.97	0.85

^⁎p < 0.05.

^⁎⁎p < 0.01.

^aMean and SD of weight and blood pressure measurements at baseline and at the end of the intervention.

^bSystolic and diastolic pressure collected at baseline.

^cSystolic and diastolic blood pressure collected at the end of the intervention.