Table 3.
Sociodemographic, health and lifestyle characteristics of employees who completed the trial
| Total n=517 N (%) |
Control n=67 N (%) |
Education n=107 N (%) |
System level n=71 N (%) |
Combined n=272 N (%) |
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| Sociodemographic | |||||
| Age group (years) | |||||
| 18–29 | 44 (8.5) | 11 (16.4) | 13 (12.1) | 7 (9.9) | 13 (4.8) |
| 30–44 | 331 (64.0) | 34 (50.7) | 67 (62.6) | 33 (46.5) | 197 (72.4) |
| 45–65 | 142 (27.5) | 22 (32.8) | 27 (25.2) | 31 (43.7) | 62 (22.8) |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 393 (76.0) | 42 (62.7) | 81 (75.7) | 43 (60.6) | 227 (83.5) |
| Female | 124 (24.0) | 25 (37.3) | 26 (24.3) | 28 (39.4) | 45 (16.5) |
| Educational level | |||||
| None/primary/secondary | 99 (19.1) | 24 (35.8) | 24 (22.4) | 32 (45.1) | 19 (7.0) |
| Tertiary | 418 (80.9) | 43 (64.2) | 83 (77.6) | 39 (54.9) | 253 (93.0) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married/cohabiting | 375 (72.5) | 46 (68.7) | 74 (69.2) | 50 (70.4) | 205 (75.4) |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 17 (3.3) | 5 (7.5) | 3 (2.8) | 2 (2.8) | 7 (2.6) |
| Single/never married | 125 (24.2) | 16 (23.9) | 30 (28.0) | 19 (26.8) | 60 (22.1) |
| Job position | |||||
| Manager/supervisor | 114 (22.1) | 17 (25.4) | 27 (25.2) | 14 (19.7) | 56 (20.6) |
| Non-manager/non-supervisor | 403 (77.9) | 50 (74.6) | 80 (74.8) | 57 (80.3) | 216 (79.4) |
| Health | |||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | |||||
| Normal weight | 147 (28.4) | 17 (25.4) | 34 (31.8) | 18 (25.4) | 78 (28.7) |
| Overweight | 254 (49.1) | 33 (49.3) | 48 (44.9) | 34 (47.9) | 139 (51.1) |
| Obese | 116 (22.4) | 17 (25.4) | 25 (23.4) | 19 (26.8) | 55 (20.2) |
| Lifestyle | |||||
| Smoking status | |||||
| Never smoked | 285 (55.1) | 37 (55.2) | 56 (52.3) | 34 (47.9) | 157 (57.7) |
| Former smoker | 161 (31.1) | 24 (34.3) | 30 (28.0) | 26 (36.6) | 82 (30.1) |
| Current smoker | 71 (13.7) | 6 (9.0) | 21 (19.6) | 11 (15.5) | 33 (12.1) |
| Physical activity | |||||
| Low | 228 (44.1) | 53 (79.1) | 50 (46.7) | 38 (53.5) | 87 (32.0) |
| Moderate | 136 (26.3) | 9 (13.4) | 30 (28.0) | 18 (25.4) | 79 (29.0) |
| High | 153 (29.6) | 5 (7.5) | 27 (25.2) | 15 (21.1) | 106 (39.0) |