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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 5.
Published in final edited form as: Health Behav Res. 2019;2(1):4. doi: 10.4148/2572-1836.1027

Table 3.

Changes in Clinical and Behavioral Measurements of Study Participants in the RICE Project from Baseline to Follow-up

Intervention group (n=71) Control Group (n=89)
N Baseline Mean (SD) 6-Month Mean (SD) Change in Mean (95% CI) N Baseline Mean (SD) 6-Month Mean (SD) Change in Mean (95% CI) Intervention Effect: Unadjusted Intervention Effect: Adjusteda
Physiological Measures
Weight (lbs.), mean (95% CI) 70 166.2 (23.8) 162.3 (22.6) −3.9 (−5.8, −2.2) 89 169.2 (23.5) 168.8 (21.8) −0.4 (−1.9, 1.1) −3.7 (−6.0, −1.4)** −3.0 (−5.4, −0.5)*
BMI (kg/m2), mean (95% CI) 70 28.1 (3.5) 27.4 (3.3) −0.7 (−1.0, −0.4) 89 27.7 (3.1) 27.7 (3.0) 0.0 (−0.3, 0.2) −0.7 (−1.0, −0.3) −0.5 (−1.0, −0.1)*
Systolic BP (mmHG), mean (95% CI) 68 131.0 (13.2) 118.7 (8.9) −12.3 (−15.4, −9.2) 88 126.6 (13.7) 117.4 (11.1) −9.2 (−12.9, −5.5) −2.4 (−7.1, 2.2) −2.5 (−11.4, −4.6)
Diastolic BP (mmHG), mean (95% CI) 68 83.9 (7.6) 80.6 (7.8) −3.3 (−5.3, −1.2)** 88 83.5 (9.5) 80.4 (5.0) −3.1 (−5.2, −1.1)** −0.4 (−3.2, 2.5) −1.2 (−4.5, 2.0)
Cholesterol 66 154.1 (47.0) 167.5 (28.8) 13.4 (1.5, 25.3)* 79 155.8 (33.0) 157.2 (32.7) 1.4 (−5.5, 8.3) 12.0 (−1.2, 25.3) 10.4 (−4.2, 24.9)
Glucose 67 114.5 (33.6) 94.9 (16.2) −19.6 (−28.0, −11.1) 82 96.8 (21.7) 97.8 (18.6) 1.0 (−2.6, 4.6) −22.0 (−30.9, −13.2) −20.1 (−29.6, −10.7)
Physical activity (PA)
Weekly PA, minutes 67 48.4 (132.1) 299.3 (214.3) 250.9 (194.7, 307.1) 69 25.1 (69.7) 128.7 (132.9) 103.5 (74.4, 132.6) 135.3 (74.1, 196.4) 136.0 (70.6, 201.4)
Self-efficacy (1–4, 4=highest) 43 3.2 (0.6) 3.9 (0.3) 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) 77 3.2 (0.7) 3.3 (0.5) 0.1 (−0.2, 0.2) 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) 0.8 (0.5, 1.0)
Social interaction (1–4, 4=highest) 69 1.5 (0.6) 3.2 (0.7) 1.7 (1.4, 2.0) 84 1.5 (0.6) 2.0 (0.6) 0.5 (0.4, 0.7) 1.2 (0.9, 1.5) 1.1 (0.7, 1.4)
Barriers to exercise (0–7, 0=fewest) 71 3.0 (1.8) 1.1 (1.1) −1.9 (−2.3, −1.5) 85 3.3 (1.8) 2.2 (1.6) −1.1 (−1.6, −0.6) −0.8 (−1.4, 0.2)* −0.7 (−1.4, 0.0)
Diet
Portion control (1–4, 4=highest) 64 2.0 (0.8) 3.5 (0.6) 1.5 (1.2, 1.8) 87 2.2 (1.1) 2.6 (0.6) 0.4 (0.2, 0.6) 1.2 (0.8, 1.5)*** 1.1 (0.7, 1.4)***
Barriers (0–8, 0=fewest) 67 4.8 (2.2) 1.0 (1.3) −3.8 (−4.4, −3.3) 93 5.0 (2.2) 3.6 (2.8) −1.4 (−2.0, −0.8) −2.4 (−3.1, −1.6) −2.1 (−3.0, −1.2)
Self-efficacy (0–8, 8=highest) 67 7.8 (0.7) 7.6 (0.8) −0.2 (−0.4, 0.0) 86 7.7 (1.2) 7.2 (1.1) −0.4 (−0.8, −0.1)* 0.2 (−0.2, 0.6) 0.2 (−0.2, 0.7)
Diabetes knowledge
Knowledge scale 1 (0–7, 7=highest) 67 3.8 (2.0) 6.5 (0.7) 2.7 (2.3, 3.3) 85 3.4 (2.1) 5.5 (1.3) 2.1 (1.5, 2.6) 0.5 (−0.2, 1.2) 0.4 (−0.4, 1.2)
Knowledge scale 2 (0–7, 7=highest) 65 1.6 (1.3) 4.0 (0.8) 2.3 (2.1, 2.6) 86 1.7 (1.3) 3.5 (1.1) 1.8 (1.4, 2.2) 0.4 (0.0, 0.8) 0.4 (−0.1, 0.9)
Health
Self-efficacy (1–5, 5=highest) 65 3.9 (0.5) 4.1 (0.5) 0.2 (0.1, 0.4)** 87 3.8 (0.6) 3.7 (0.6) −0.1 (−0.2, 0.1) 0.3 (0.1, 0.5)** 0.4 (0.2, 0.6)**

Boldface indicates statistical significance

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

p<0.001

a

Adjusted for age, sex, education, years in US; time-varying: insurance