Table 1.
Sociodemographic and health characteristics of participants by intervention and control group (N=100).
| Variables | Intervention (n=50) | Control (n=50) | P value | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 56.0 (5.69)a | 55.8 (4.76)a | .86a | |
| Sex, n (%) |
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Male | 25 (50) | 25 (50) | >.99b |
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Female | 25 (50) | 25 (50) |
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| Highest education, n (%) |
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Tertiary | 7 (14) | 3 (6) | .40b |
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Secondary | 33 (66) | 35 (70) |
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Primary | 10 (20) | 12 (24) |
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| Current occupation, n (%) |
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Employed | 17 (34) | 22 (44) | .31b |
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Unemployed | 33 (66) | 28 (56) |
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| Smoking status, n (%) |
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Yes | 17 (34) | 7 (14) | .02b |
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No | 33 (66) | 43 (86) |
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| Diabetes status, n (%) |
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Yes | 10 (20) | 6 (12) | .28b |
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No | 40 (80) | 44 (88) |
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| Body mass index category, n (%) |
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Underweight | 3 (6) | 1 (2) | .61c |
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Ideal body weight | 14 (28) | 18 (36) |
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Overweight | 19 (38) | 20 (40) |
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Obese | 14 (28) | 11 (22) |
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aIndependent t test.
bChi-square test.
cFisher exact test.