Table 4.
Change in lifestyle factors
| Untreated prehypertension or hypertension | Untreated dyslipidemia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before (n) | After (n) | p value | Before (n) | After (n) | p value | |
| Exercise | ||||||
| Yes | 8 | 32 | 0.439 | 18 | 13 | 0.415 |
| No | 12 | 28 | 51 | 56 | ||
| Physical activity | ||||||
| Yes | 17 | 23 | 1.000 | 25 | 32 | 0.300 |
| No | 16 | 24 | 44 | 37 | ||
| Speed of walking | ||||||
| Fast | 22 | 15 | 0.178 | 33 | 32 | 1.000 |
| Normal | 18 | 24 | 35 | 36 | ||
| Speed of eating | ||||||
| Fast | 14 | 14 | 1.000 | 20 | 18 | 0.706 |
| Normal/Slow | 26 | 26 | 48 | 51 | ||
| Eating before bedtime | ||||||
| Yes | 2 | 4 | 0.675 | 9 | 7 | 0.791 |
| No | 38 | 36 | 60 | 62 | ||
| Snack between meals | ||||||
| Yes | 4 | 5 | 1.000 | 8 | 4 | 0.366 |
| No | 36 | 35 | 61 | 65 | ||
| Skip breakfast | ||||||
| Yes | 1 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 7 | 0.532 |
| No | 39 | 38 | 64 | 62 | ||
| Change in body weight | ||||||
| Yes | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 14 | 15 | 1.000 |
| No | 33 | 34 | 55 | 54 | ||
| Sleeping | ||||||
| Good | 33 | 36 | 0.518 | 55 | 54 | 0.833 |
| Bad | 7 | 4 | 13 | 15 | ||
| Smoking | ||||||
| Yes | 7 | 4 | 1.000 | 13 | 15 | 0.833 |
| No | 33 | 36 | 55 | 54 | ||
Data show the change of lifestyle factors in 40 participants with untreated prehypertension or hypertension and in 69 with untreated dyslipidemia before and after the study period. No significant differences in lifestyle factors were found between the groups (chi‐square test).