Table 5.
Factors affecting health, at baseline, follow-up, and 12 months follow-up.
| Factors Effecting Health | Baseline (n = 6) |
Follow-Up (n = 6) |
12 Months Follow-Up (n = 5) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stroke risk factors | |||
| No. of participants with hypertension > 140/90 (medicating) | 4 (6) | 2 (6) | 1 (5 b) |
| No. of participants with overweight a | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| No. of participants with atrial fibrillation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. of smokers | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| No. of participants with hypolipidemia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| No. of participants with diabetes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. of participants with irregular physical exercise c | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Median number of high-risk factors (range) | 3.5 (2–5) | 1 (0–3) | 1 (0–2) |
| Quality of life (EQ-5D-VAS 0–100): mean; SD | 73.7; 17.0 | 88.8; 11.7 | 82.0; 14.8 |
a Body mass index ≥ 25. b One of the participants dropped out at 12 months follow-up due to illness (not stroke-related). c Irregular was defined as less than 75 min vigorous-intensity physical exercise per week [3].