Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients in 12- and 24-Week Programs
| Variables Mean (SD) or N (%) |
12 weeks N=225 |
24 weeks N=121 |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 51.1 | 53.8 | 0.03 |
| Gender | 155 (68.9%) | 72 (59.5%) | 0.08 |
|
Race White Black Other |
190 (84.4%) 13 (5.8%) 22 (9.8%) |
111 (91.7%) 8 (3.3%) 6 (5%) |
0.15 |
|
Education High School Post High School College Post-graduate |
19 (8.6%) 50 (22.7%) 66 (30%) 85 (38.6%) |
8 (6.6%) 21 (17.4%) 43 (35.5%) 49 (40.5%) |
0.51 |
| Diabetes | 61 (27.1%) | 35 (28.9%) | 0.72 |
| BMI | 37.6 (7.1) | 38.2 (6.39) | 0.43 |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 119.8 (16.32) | 119.4 (14.19) | 0.82 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 72.5 (8.79) | 71.2 (9.46) | 0.20 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 6.2 (1.9) | 5.6 (2.0) | 0.01 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.6 (0.7) | 2.5 (0.6) | 0.34 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 10.2 (6.7) | 11.5 (6.4) | 0.07 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.