Table 2.
Baseline characteristics (mean (standard deviation (SD))) or %, by intervention group
| Intervention group | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (n=153) | Gamalost® (n=53) | Gouda-type cheese (n=50) | Control (n=50) | ||||||
| Characteristic | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p |
| Gender, female (%) | 52.3 | 50.9 | 60.0 | 46.0 | 0.4 | ||||
| Age (years) | 43.1 | 16.4 | 41.2 | 17.0 | 42.7 | 15.8 | 45.5 | 16.4 | 0.4 |
| Weight (kg) | 77.2 | 14.8 | 75.6 | 13.7 | 76.0 | 13.6 | 79.9 | 16.8 | 0.3 |
| Height (cm) | 173.9 | 8.9 | 174.9 | 8.7 | 171.9 | 8.7 | 174.7 | 9.4 | 0.2 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.7 | 3.7 | 24.6 | 3.3 | 25.6 | 3.5 | 26.0 | 3.7 | 0.1 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 83.1 | 11.8 | 80.9 | 11.3 | 82.8 | 10.9 | 85.8 | 12.9 | 0.1 |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 132.3 | 17.2 | 131.5 | 19.3 | 130.6 | 14.7 | 134.8 | 17.2 | 0.4 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 82.4 | 9.8 | 82.5 | 10.6 | 81.4 | 8.9 | 83.1 | 10.0 | 0.7 |
| Hypertensiona (%) | 31.4 | 34.0 | 24.0 | 36.0 | 0.4 | ||||
| Education (years) | 16.6 | 2.9 | 16.6 | 2.7 | 17.0 | 2.3 | 16.4 | 3.5 | 0.6 |
| Smokingb (%) | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 0.9 | ||||
| Physical activityc (%) | 38.4 | 39.6 | 36.7 | 38.8 | 0.9 | ||||
| Salt usaged (%) | 72.5 | 71.7 | 72.0 | 74.0 | 0.9 | ||||
| Alcohol consumptione (%) | 57.2 | 64.2 | 53.1 | 54.0 | 0.1 | ||||
| Total dairyf | 18.4 | 11.9 | 19.7 | 12.9 | 17.5 | 10.1 | 18.0 | 12.7 | 0.6 |
| Gouda-type cheesef | 5.7 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 0.7 |
| Gamalost® f | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.9 |
a
Percentage who have either SBP>140, or DBP>90
b
percentage daily smokers
c
percentage who reported moderate to hard physical activity more than 4 h per week
d
percentage who salt their food
e
percentage who consume alcohol > 1/week
f
servings per week.