Table 3.
Changes in CVD-related factors at one year follow-up (2012) among participants with elevated risk at baseline
| Intervention | Control | Between group differences | Cohen’s d | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous variables | Mean (SD) | p-value | n= | Mean (SD) | p-value | n= | Mean (95% CI) | p-value | |
| Weight (kg) | - 1.6 (4.1) | .004 | 59 | - 0.1 (3.8) | .817 | 62 | 1.49 (0.7, 2.9) | .039 | .38 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | - .62 (1.44) | .002 | 59 | - 0.10 (1.5) | .585 | 62 | .52 (0.0, 1.0) | .052 | |
| WC (cm) | - 2.82 (5.5) | ≤ .001 | 99 | - 0.1 (4.7) | .892 | 89 | 2.75 (1.3, 4.2) | ≤ .001 | .54 |
| WHR | - .025 (0.1) | ≤ .001 | 99 | - 0.00 (0.0) | .938 | 89 | .03 (0.0, 0.0) | ≤ .001 | .52 |
| S-cholesterol | - .29 (1.0) | .015 | 72 | - 0.16 (1.0) | .109 | 95 | .13 (−0.2, 0.4) | .398 | |
| SBP | 7.04 (14.1) | ≤ .001 | 52 | −7.19 (17.6) | .005 | 52 | .15 (−6.4, 6.0) | .961 | |
| Alcohol consumption | - 4.7 (22.1) | .090 | 67 | - 7.7 (19.9) | ≤ .001 | 89 | 3.05 (−9.7, 3.6) | .367 | |
| Categorical variables | % | % | |||||||
| Unfavourable diet | −34.4 | ≤ .001 | 64 | −24.3 | ≤ .001 | 70 | |||
| Low physical activity | −13.3 | ≤ .001 | 120 | −12.5 | ≤ .001 | 128 | |||