Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants randomly selected from communities: COMMUNICATE Study
| Control | Intervention |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Group A | Group FM | Group AFM | ||
| Cluster | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Residents, n | 5235 | 14 721 | 3700 | 5553 | 5468 |
| Residents aged 40–79 years, n | 2917 | 7493 | 2132 | 2743 | 2618 |
| Population density, mean (SD), /km2 | 131 (137) | 273 (371) | 433 (641) | 145 (46) | 240 (268) |
| Evaluation participants (eligible response rate) | 1078/1500 (71.9%) | 3336/4500 (74.1%) | 1107/1500 (73.8%) | 1107/1500 (73.8%) | 1122/1500 (74.8%) |
| Male | 510/1078 (47.3%) | 1540/3336 (46.2%) | 522/1107 (47.2%) | 517/1107 (46.7%) | 501/1122 (44.7%) |
| Age, mean (SD), years | 61.0 (10.6) | 60.7 (10.5) | 61.2 (10.7) | 60.1 (10.4) | 60.6 (10.5) |
| 40–59 | 471 (43.7%) | 1514 (45.4%) | 477 (43.1%) | 522 (47.2%) | 515 (45.9%) |
| 60–79 | 607 (56.3%) | 1822 (54.6%) | 630 (56.9%) | 585 (52.8%) | 607 (54.1%) |
| Body mass index, mean (SD), kg/m2 | 22.5 (3.2) | 22.6 (3.1) | 22.8 (3.2) | 22.3 (2.9) | 22.6 (3.0) |
| <18.5 | 83 (8.1%) | 226 (7.0%) | 62 (5.9%) | 88 (8.2%) | 76 (6.9%) |
| ≥18.5 to <25 | 744 (72.2%) | 2352 (72.9%) | 770 (72.8%) | 804 (74.8%) | 778 (71.1%) |
| ≥25 | 204 (19.8%) | 650 (20.1%) | 226 (21.4%) | 183 (17.0%) | 241 (22.0%) |
| Self-rated health | |||||
| Excellent/good | 878 (81.9%) | 2722 (82.7%) | 885 (80.8%) | 902 (83.0%) | 935 (84.3%) |
| Fair/poor | 194 (18.1%) | 569 (17.3%) | 210 (19.2%) | 185 (17.0%) | 174 (15.7%) |
| Years of education, mean (SD) | 11.5 (2.3) | 11.5 (2.4) | 11.5 (2.4) | 11.4 (2.3) | 11.5 (2.5) |
| Employed | 695/998 (69.6%) | 2101/3058 (68.7%) | 665/1030 (64.6%) | 711/1015 (70.0%) | 725/1013 (71.6%) |
| Engagement in farming | 552/1054 (52.4%) | 1628/3271 (49.8%) | 466/1091 (42.7%) | 627/1078 (58.2%) | 535/1102 (48.6%) |
| Chronic disease historya | 659/1078 (61.1%) | 2059/3336 (61.7%) | 679/1107 (61.3%) | 673/1107 (60.8%) | 707/1122 (63.0%) |
Group A = aerobic activity; Group FM = flexibility and muscle-strengthening activities; Group AFM = aerobic, flexibility and muscle-strengthening activities. SD, standard deviation. Figures are n (%), n/N (%) or mean (SD) before imputation of missing values unless stated otherwise. Sample sizes (denominators) vary due to missing values.
aHaving the following disease history: hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes, hyperuricemia, cerebrovascular disease, heart disease, kidney and urologic diseases, liver disease, gastrointestinal disease, endocrine disease, cancer.