Table 2.

Characteristics of all the enrolled participants who completed baseline assessments (N=60).

Characteristics			Baseline values
Age (years), mean (SD)			33.7 (9.3)
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)			22.3 (3.8)
Gender (male), n (%)			23 (38)
Ethnicity, n (%)
	Chinese		48 (80)
	Malay		5 (8)
	Indian		3 (5)
	Others
		White	2 (3)
		Burmese	2 (3)
Marital status, n (%)
	Currently married		25 (42)
	Never married		33 (55)
	Separated		1 (2)
	Divorced		1 (2)
Highest level of education, n (%)
	University and above		50 (83)
	Polytechnic diploma		1 (2)
	Other diploma and professional qualification		1 (2)
	Aa-level or NTCb-1 or NTC-2 or certificate in office or business skills or its equivalent		6 (10)
	Oa or Nc-level or NTC-3 certificate or its equivalent		1 (2)
	Secondary school		1 (2)
Work status, n (%)
	Employed		37 (62)
	Student (full time)		17 (28)
	Homemaker or housewife		3 (5)
	Unemployed (able to work)		2 (3)
	Retired		1 (2)
History of parents, sibling, or child with type 2 diabetes, n (%)
	Yes		11 (18)
	No		49 (82)
History of hypertension, n (%)
	Yes		2 (3)
	No		58 (97)

^aA-level or advanced-level examinations are taken by students at the age of 18, 2 or 3 years after completing their O-level or ordinary-level examinations, which are taken by students at the age of 16 after 4 years (or 5 years) of secondary school.

^bNTC: National Technical Certificate.

^cN-level: The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Normal-level. Secondary students in Singapore can move between two streams based on their academic performance: 4 years of study culminating in the O-level (ordinary level) or the N-level (normal level) examinations. N-level students may participate in a fifth year of study to take the O-level examinations.