Table 2.
Demographic details
| Characteristics | Controlc (No. of trials m = 14; No. of participants n = 3573) |
Interventiond (No. of trials m = 19; No. of participants n = 5755) |
All (No. of trials m = 19; No. of participants n = 9328) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||||||
| Age, years | ||||||
| No. of trials, m: no. of participants, n | 14 | 3573 | 19 | 5753 | 19 | 9326 |
| Mean (SD) | 50.13 | (13.77) | 48.18 | (13.9) | 48.92 | (13.88) |
| Sex | ||||||
| No. of trials, m | 14 | 19 | 19 | |||
| Female (%) | 2053 | (57.47) | 3296 | (57.28) | 5349 | (57.36) |
| Male (%) | 1519 | (42.53) | 2458 | (42.72) | 3977 | (42.64) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| No. of trials, m | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||
| White (%) | 478 | (89.35) | 891 | (88.66) | 1369 | (88.9) |
| Mixed (%) | 3 | (0.56) | 4 | (0.40) | 7 | (0.45) |
| Black (%) | 21 | (3.93) | 26 | (2.59) | 47 | (3.05) |
| Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, others) (%) | 17 | (3.18) | 44 | (4.38) | 61 | (3.96) |
| Chinese (%) | 1 | (0.19) | 2 | (0.20) | 3 | (0.19) |
| Others (%) | 15 | (2.80) | 38 | (3.78) | 53 | (3.44) |
| Smoking status | ||||||
| No. of trials, m | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| No (%) | 123 | (74.10) | 763 | (64.39) | 886 | (65.58) |
| Yes (%) | 43 | (25.90) | 422 | (35.61) | 465 | (34.42) |
| Employment status | ||||||
| No. of trials, m | 7 | 11 | 11 | |||
| Full time employment (%) | 489 | (53.80) | 1256 | (49.68) | 1745 | (50.77) |
| Part time employment (%) | 190 | (20.90) | 442 | (17.48) | 632 | (18.39) |
| No employment (%) | 230 | (25.30) | 830 | (32.83) | 1060 | (30.84) |
| BMI | ||||||
| No. of trials, m: no. of participants, n | 2 | 915 | 5 | 1189 | 5 | 2104 |
| Mean (SD) | 26.44 | (4.60) | 1189 | (26.67) | 26.57 | (4.73) |
am, number of trials
bn, number of participants
cControl arm includes best usual care and sham treatments. Four trials did not have control arm
dIntervention arm includes active physical, passive physical, psychological and combination