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. 2015 Dec 28;15:577. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-1248-7

Table 4.

Assessment of Cognitive, Behavioral, and Clinical Impact of the Healthy Lifestyle Group Education Intervention in Costa Rica and Chiapas

Costa Rica Chiapas
Coefficienta p-value Coefficienta p-value
Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes
 Knowledge 1.24 0.17 2.38 0.06
 Self-efficacy −0.15 0.69 0.22 0.51
 Stages of change 3.37 <.001 6.15 <.001
 Diet index 0.63 0.07 0.54 0.1
 Physical activity −0.87 0.28 -.89 0.26
Clinical Outcomes
 Body mass index 0.37 0.32 −0.01 0.98
 Systolic BP −8.26 0.003 3.48 0.30
 Diastolic BP −5.66 <.001 −0.78 0.68
 Glucose −9.34 0.05 −13.3 0.21

aAdjusted for age, sex, years of formal schooling, distance to the health center, working, lives alone and diabetic and/or hypertensive disease status, and baseline values