Table 2.

Percentage of Participants Achieving 10 Keys at Baseline, 12-Month Fol low-Up, and Change (Center for Healthy Aging, McKeesport, PA, 2004)

	N = 389
Key and goals	Total N	Baseline, n (%)	Follow-up, n (%)	Relative improvement	Absolute difference
Control systolic blood pressure to less than 1-40 mmHg
All participants	388	281 (72%)	303 (73%)	+8%*
Subgroup with hypertension at baseline	262	155 (59%)	182 (69%)	+17%**
Stop smoking	389	371 (95%)	371 (95%)	<l%
Participate in cancer screenings
Mammogram	225	183 (31%)	181 (80%)	–1%
Colonoscopy	364	190 (52%)	215 (59%)	+13%
Get regular immunizations
Influenza vaccine	385	314 (32%)	296 (77%)	–6%*
Subgroup with no influenza vaccine at baseline	71	0 (0%)	18 (25%)		+25%
Pneumonia vaccine	371	256 (69%)	279 (75%)	+8%***
Subgroup with no pneumonia vaccine at baseline	115	0 (0%)	23 (20%)		+20%
Regulate diabetes: Blood glucose to less than 110 mg/dl
All participants	371	319 (36%)	316 (85%)	–1%
Subgroup with diabetes at baseline	51	12 (24%)	18 (35%)	+50%
Lower LDL cholesterol to less than 100 mg/dl
All participants	371	118 (32%)	169 (46%)	+43%***
Subgroup with history of coronary heart disease	97	47 (48%)	67 (69%)	+43%***
Subgroup with baseline LDL cholesterol > 130 mg/dl	124	0 (0%)	24 (19%)		+19%
Be physically active at least 2.5 hr per week	389	247 (63%)	267 (69%)	+7%
Prevent bone loss and muscle weakness
Bone density screen	383	227 (59%)	236 (62%)	+4%***
Able to rise from chair	383	383 (98%)	365 (94%)	–5%***
Maintain social contact at least once per week	389	387 (99%)	387 (99%)	<l%
Combat depression
No depression on screening	389	345 (39%)	354 (91%)	+3%

LDL = low-density lipoprotein.

^*p ≤ .05.

^**p ≤ .01.

^***p ≤ .001.