Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
| Baseline Characteristics | IG (Advice + Application) (415; 49.8%) |
CG (Advice) (418; 50.2%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean/N | SD/(%) | Mean/N | SD/(%) | p-Value | ||
| Age (years) | 51.4 | 12.1 | 52.3 | 12.0 | 0.287 | |
| Females (n, %) | 249 | (60.0) | 268 | (64.1) | 0.226 | |
| Work situation (n, %) | Works outside of home | 228 | (54.9) | 203 | (48.6) | 0.246 |
| Homemaker | 53 | (12.8) | 72 | (17.2) | ||
| Retired | 77 | (18.6) | 89 | (21.3) | ||
| Student | 10 | (2.4) | 8 | (1.9) | ||
| Unemployed | 47 | (11.3) | 46 | (11.0) | ||
| Educational level (n, %) | University studies | 117 | (28.2) | 132 | (31.6) | 0.417 |
| Middle or high school | 208 | (50.1) | 208 | (49.8) | ||
| Elementary school | 90 | (21.7) | 78 | (18.7) | ||
| Smoking (n, %) | Non-smoker | 190 | (45.8) | 166 | (39.7) | 0.203 |
| Smoker | 94 | (22.7) | 108 | (25.8) | ||
| Former smoker | 131 | (31.6) | 144 | (34.4) | ||
| BMI mean (Kg/m2) | 28.1 | 5.1 | 27.6 | 4.59 | 0.142 | |
| BMI Categories (n, %) | BMI < 25 | 117 | (28.2) | 131 | (31.3) | 0.501 |
| BMI 25–30 | 172 | (41.4) | 173 | (41.4) | ||
| BMI > 30 | 126 | (30.4) | 114 | (27.3) | ||
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 124 | 16 | 124 | 17 | 0.749 | |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 76 | 10 | 76 | 10 | 0.409 | |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 202 | 35 | 206 | 37 | 0.086 | |
| Glycated haemoglobin (%) | 5,5 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 0.870 | |
| Physical activity | ||||||
| Counts min/week | 69.0 | 70.4 | 65.9 | 69.4 | 0.539 | |
| METS/ min /week | 1850.8 | 891.7 | 1762.6 | 922.0 | 0.177 | |
| Dietary habits stage of change, n (%) | Precontemplation | 34 | 8.3 | 34 | 8.2 | 0.910 |
| Contemplation | 26 | 6.3 | 20 | 4.8 | ||
| Preparation | 59 | 14.3 | 57 | 13.8 | ||
| Action | 18 | 4.4 | 18 | 4.3 | ||
| Maintenance | 275 | 66.7 | 285 | 68.8 | ||
IG: intervention group; CG: control group; BMI: body mass index; METS: Metabolic Equivalent of Task.