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. 2020 Feb 20;125(3):250–256. doi: 10.1080/03009734.2020.1726533

Table 2.

Cardiovascular risk factors at baseline, 1 year, and change over 1 year, total sample.

n = 404 Baseline
mean (SD)
1 year
mean (SD)
Change over 1 year
mean (95% CI)
p Value
Weight (kg) 86.7 (18.7) 84.5 (18.6) −2.1 (−1.6 to −2.6)c <0.001a
BMI (kg/m2) 29.3 (5.5) 28.6 (5.5) −0.7 (−0.5 to −0.9)c <0.001a
Waist circumference (cm) 101.2 (13.7) 98.2 (13.5) −2.9 (−2.5 to −3.4) <0.001a
Systolic BP (mmHg) 149.2 (17.1) 140.5 (15.4) −8.7 (−7.1 to −10.4)c <0.001a
 Anti-hypertensive medication, n = 268 150.3 (18.1) 139.3 (15.3) −11.0 (−9.0 to −13.1)c <0.001a
 No medication, n = 136 147.0 (14.8) 142.8 (15.5) −4.2 (−1.7 to −6.8) 0.001a
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 88.0 (10.5) 84.1 (8.8) −4.0 (−3.0 to −4.9)c <0.001a
 Anti-hypertensive medication, n = 268 88.4 (11.1) 83.3 (8.6) −5.1 (−3.9 to −6.3) <0.001a
 No medication, n = 136 87.4 (9.3) 85.5 (9.0) −1.8 (−0.3 to −3.3)c 0.017a
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 5.94 (1.18) 5.72 (1.10) −0.22 (−0.13 to −0.31) <0.001a
 With statin medication, n = 65 6.19 (1.63) 5.22 (1.36) −0.97 (−0.58 to −1.37) <0.001a
 No statin medication, n = 339 5.89 (1.06) 5.81 (1.02) −0.08 (0.00 to −0.15) 0.051
LDL (mmol/L) 3.86 (0.99) 3.72 (0.99) −0.14 (−0.06 to −0.21) <0.001a
 With statin medication, n = 65 3.89 (1.32) 3.21 (1.19) −0.68 (−0.38 to −0.98) <0.001a
 No statin medication, n = 339 3.86 (0.92) 3.82 (0.91) −0.04 (−0.03 to 0.10) 0.249
HDL (mmol/L) 1.37 (0.37) 1.40 (0.38) 0.04 (0.02 to 0.05)c <0.001a
Triglycerides (mmol/L) 1.66 (1.06) 1.51 (0.82) −0.15 (−0.08 to −0.23)b,c 0.001a
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol), n = 109 8.51 (2.99) 7.15 (1.70) −1.36 (−0.85 to −1.88) <0.001a
 Glucose-lowering medication, n = 42 10.17 (3.75) 7.85 (1.92) −2.32 (−1.19 to −3.46) <0.001a
 No medication, n = 67 7.48 (1.75) 6.72 (1.39) −0.76 (−0.35 to −1.17) <0.001a

Values are presented as mean (SD) for baseline and 1-year measurements, and as mean (95% CI) for change over 1 year.

aSignificantly different after Bonferroni–Holm correction.

bSignificantly different between sex.

cSignificantly different between diagnosis (p < 0.05).