Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and health indicators of the participants at baseline
| Intervention group (IG) n = 150 |
Control group (CG) n = 112 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n(%) | n(%) | ||
| Overall | 150 (100) | 112 (100) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 90 (60.0) | 56 (50) | 0.069 |
| Female | 60 (40.0) | 56 (50) | |
| Age (years) | |||
| 18–29 | 29 (19.3) | 25 (22.3) | 0.634 |
| 30–39 | 56 (37.4) | 43 (38.4) | |
| 40–49 | 44 (29.3) | 34 (30.4) | |
| ≥ 50 | 21 (20.0) | 10 (8.9) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 115 (76.7) | 69 (61.6) | 0.008 |
| Unmarried/Divorced/widowed | 35 (23.3) | 43 (38.4) | |
| Education | |||
| High School/technical secondary school | 22 (15.3) | 20 (18.1) | 0.071 |
| Junior college | 44 (30.6) | 32 (29.1) | |
| Bachelor | 55 (38.2) | 52 (47.3) | |
| Masters/Doctorate | 23 (16.0) | 6 (5.5) | |
| Smoking status | 0.393 | ||
| Current smoker | 25 (16.7) | 24 (21.4) | |
| Ex-smoker | 10 (6.7) | 4.5 (5.0) | |
| Non-smoker | 115 (76.7) | 83 (74.1) | |
| Alcohol intake | 0.106 | ||
| Weekly | 7 (4.7) | 4 (3.6) | |
| Monthly | 122 (81.3) | 81 (72.3) | |
| Never | 21 (14.0) | 27 (24.1) | |
| M, SD(±) | M, SD(±) | ||
| Physical activity | |||
| METs of vigorous-intensity PA | 284.8 ± 702.9 | 362.5 ± 678.9 | 0.080 |
| METs of moderate-intensity PA | 159.5 ± 334.8 | 153.2 ± 294.7 | 0.875 |
| METs of walking | 955.5 ± 768.6 | 933.9 ± 794.5 | 0.825 |
| Static time (mins) | 308.1 ± 204.4 | 263.2 ± 205.7 | 0.080 |
| Job demand | 4.13 ± 0.65 | 4.00 ± 0.64 | 0.086 |
| Job control | 3.62 ± 0.59 | 3.5 ± 0.58 | 0.228 |
| Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) | 124.9 ± 20.1 | 122.5 ± 16.7 | 0.302 |
| Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) | 78.4 ± 13.2 | 76.1 ± 11.2 | 0.131 |
| Waist Circumference (cm) | 85.1 ± 9.3 | 82.3 ± 9.8 | 0.020 |
| Hip Circumference (cm) | 97.7 ± 5.9 | 94.8 ± 6.2 | < 0.001 |
| Waist-to-Hip Ratio | 0.88 ± 0.13 | 0.87 ± 0.06 | 0.247 |
| Body Fat Percentage (%) | 26.0 ± 5.0 | 25.4 ± 4.4 | 0.277 |
| Body Mass Index (Kg/ m2) | 23.7 ± 3.0 | 22.7 ± 3.1 | 0.005 |