Table 2.
Profile of study participants
| Participants (n) | 26 |
| Gender (n, %) | |
| Male | 10 (38%) |
| Female | 16 (62%) |
| Age (mean, range) | 59 (36‐76) |
| Education: highest level attained to date (n, %) | |
| Primary School (PS) level (Low) | 3 (11.5%) |
| Incomplete PS (Low) | 1 (3.8%) |
| Secondary intermediate level (Low) | 7 (27%) |
| Completed secondary(Medium) | 5 (19.2%) |
| Diploma/certificate(Medium) | 5 (19.2%) |
| Primary degree (High) | 1 (3.8%0 |
| Postgraduate/higher degree (High) | 4 (15.4%) |
| Social class25 (n, %) | |
| I (High) | 1 (4%) |
| II (High) | 7 (27%) |
| III (Medium) | 1 (4% |
| IV (Medium) | 3 (17%) |
| V (Low) | 4 (4%) |
| VI (Low) | 3 (17% |
| VII(Low) | 7 (27%) |
| General health literacy level from HLS‐EU measure23 (n,%) | |
| Limited | 17 (65) |
| Adequate | 9 (35) |
| Health service access (n/%) | |
| Private health insurance | 13 (50) |
| Medical card only | 7 (27) |
| Private AND medical card | 4 (15) |
| Public access only | 2 (8) |
| Smoking | |
| % Current Smokers | 12 (n=3) |
| Diet | |
| Mean Mediterranean Diet Score (optimal score≥9) | 5 |
| Physical Activity | |
| % NOT achieving targets (>5x/wk ≥30 min) | 81 (n=21) |
| Anthropometrics | |
| %BMI≥25 kg/m2 (overweight) | 27 (n=7) |
| %BMI≥30 kg/m2 (obese) | 65 (n=17) |
| % Waist Circumference NOT at target | |
| Male≥94 cm & Females ≥80 cm | 96 (n=25) |
| Blood pressure | |
| % BP NOT to target | |
| (>140/90 mm Hg for high‐risk individuals & >130/80 mm Hg for coronary/diabetes) | 62 (n=16) |
| Cholesterol | |
| % Cholesterol NOT to target (TC >5 mmol/L & LDL > 3 mmol/L for high‐risk individuals and TC >4.5 mmol/L & LDL >2.5 mmol/L for coronary/diabetes) | 42 (n=11) |
| % with other illness‐related risk factors (heart attack, stroke, Diabetes; Hypothyroidism, Psoriasis, Cardiac arrhythmia, heart disease (stents fitted), heart failure | 73 (n=19) |