Table 1.
Characteristics of the participants at baseline (n = 139).
|
Experimental group (n = 70) |
Control group (n = 69) |
P -Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Sex | |||
| Female | 26 (37.1) | 14 (20.3) | 0.03* |
| Male | 44(62.9) | 55 (79.7) | |
| Age, years # | 59.8 ± 6.4 | 59.8 ± 6.8 | 0.94 |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m 2 ) # | 26.1 ± 3.8 | 26.7 ± 3.4 | 0.30 |
| Marital status | |||
| Single/divorced | 12 (17.1) | 15 (21.7) | 0.49 |
| Married | 58 (82.9) | 54 (78.3) | |
| Working status | |||
| Retired, unemployed, or working part-time | 38 (54.3) | 35 (50.7) | 0.67 |
| Working full-time | 32 (45.7) | 34 (49.3) | |
| Smoking status | |||
| Never smokers | 49 (70.0) | 41 (59.4) | 0.33 |
| Smokers and ex-smokers | 20 (29.0) | 24 (34.8) | |
| Missing data | 1 (1.4) | 4 (5.8) | |
#
Presented as mean ± SD.
Between-group comparison:
*
P < 0.05.