Table 1.
BASELINE CHARACTERISTRICS OF INITIAL SAMPLE, DROPOUTS, AND FINAL SAMPLE
| Characteristic | Initial sample n=99 |
Dropouts n=7 |
Final sample n=92 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 16 (16.2%) | 1 (14.3%) | 15 (16.3%) |
| Female | 83 (83.8%) | 6 (85.7%) | 77 (83.7%) | |
| Public housing resident |
No | 96 (97.0%) | 6 (85.7%) | 90 (97.8%) |
| Poverty level (federal) |
< 100% | 70 (70.7%) | 5 (71.4%) | 65 (70.7%) |
| 100–199% | 17 (17.2%) | 1 (14.3%) | 16 (16.2%) | |
| 200 or higher | 10 (101%) | 1 (14.3%) | 9 (9.1%) | |
| Education | 8th grade or less | 48 (48.5%) | 1 (14.3%) | 47 (51.1%) |
| High school graduate | 24 (24.3%) | 1 (14.3%) | 21 (22.8%) | |
| 1–3 years of college | 14 (14.1%) | 3 (42.9%) | 11 (12.0) | |
| College graduate | 13 (13.1%) | 0 | 13 (14.1%) | |
| Primary language | Tagalog | 8 (8.1%) | 1 (14.3%) | 7 (7.6%) |
| Ilokano | 81 (81.8%) | 6 (85.7%) | 75 (81.5%) | |
| Both | 6 (6.1%) | 0 | 6 (6.5%) | |
| Other | 4 (4.0%) | 0 | 4 (4.3%) | |
| Cardio Vascular Disease risk factors |
High cholesterol | 81 (81.8%) | 6 (85.7%) | 75 (81.5%) |
| Hypertension | 80 (80.8%) | 6 (85.7%) | 74 (81.5%) | |
| Diabetes | 34 (34.3%) | 2 (28.6%) | 32 (34.8%) | |
| Family history | 32 (32.3%) | 2 (28.6%) | 30 (32.6%) | |
| Overweight | 39 (39.4%) | 2 (28.6%) | 37 (40.2%) | |
| Obese | 15 (15.32) | 1 (14.3%) | 14 (15.2%) | |
| Sedentary | 14 (14.1%) | 1 (14.3%) | 13 (14.1%) | |
| Smoking | 5 (5.0%) | 0 | 5 (5.4%) |