Table 1.
General characteristics of the participants.
| Characteristics | Total n = 209 |
Men n = 88 (42.1%) |
Women n = 121 (57.9%) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) Mean (SD) |
65.7 (12.7) |
63.2 (13.6) |
67.6 (11.7) |
0.015 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) a Median (Interquartile range) |
32.9 (31.1–36.4) |
32.2 (30.9–35.0) |
33.4 (31.4–36.9) |
0.178 | |
| Patients’ distribution by BMI classes b % (n) |
Overweight | 12.4 (26) |
15.9 (14) |
9.9 (12) |
0.178 |
| Obesity I | 53.6 (112) |
58.0 (51) |
50.4 (61) |
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| Obesity II | 22.5 (47) |
18.2 (16) |
25.6 (31) |
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| Obesity III | 11.5 (24) |
8.0 (7) |
14.0 (17) |
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| Metabolic syndrome b % (n) |
90.4 (189) |
94.3 (83) |
87.6 (106) |
0.085 | |
| Metabolic syndrome diagnosis criteria | Waist circumference Mean (SD) |
111.4 (11.6) |
116.2 (10.1) |
107.9 (11.5) |
<0.0001 |
| High blood pressure % (n) |
85.6 (179) |
89.8 (79) |
82.6 (100) |
0.166 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus II % (n) |
38.8 (81) |
38.6 (34) |
38.8 (47) |
1.000 | |
| Hypertrigliceridemia % (n) |
31.7 (66) |
41.4 (36) |
24.8 (30) |
0.009 | |
| Reduced HDL % (n) |
53.5 (112) |
52.8 (46) |
52.5 (62) |
1.000 | |
| Prescription of behavior change recorded % (n) |
2.9 (6) |
3.4 (3) |
2.4 (3) |
0.698 | |
| Type of behavior change recorded % (n) |
1.5 (2) |
1.8 (1) |
1.3 (1) |
1.000 | |
SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; Student’s t-test.; a Mann–Whitney U test; b Chi-squared test.