Table 3.

Results of generalized estimating equation modeling for the outcome measures

Parameter	Self-perceived health status			Self-perceived susceptibility			Self-perceived severity			Perceived barriers			Cues to action			Self-efficacy			Healthy eating score
	Beta	SE	p	Beta	SE	p	Beta	SE	p	Beta	SE	p	Beta	SE	p	Beta	SE	p	Beta	SE	p
Time
1 = Post-test / 0 = Pretest a	-0.111	0.038	0.003	0.041	0.025	0.102	-0.017	0.026	0.518	-0.028	0.039	0.474	-0.063	0.048	0.184	-0.067	0.077	0.384	0.016	0.025	0.518
Group
1 = Intervention / 0 = Control b	-0.143	0.093	0.123	0.019	0.098	0.844	0.030	0.107	0.778	0.052	0.052	0.311	-0.001	0.082	0.992	0.156	0.096	0.104	-0.027	0.025	0.287
Time * Group
1 = Post-test / 0 = Pretest * 1 = Intervention / 0 = Control c	0.046	0.064	0.471	0.095	0.060	0.114	0.165	0.089	0.063	-0.282	0.064	< 0.001	0.260	0.124	0.036	0.368	0.113	0.001	0.172	0.037	< 0.001
Sociodemographic factors
Age	0.003	0.0097	0.786	-0.005	0.010	0.618	0.020	0.010	0.052	0.012	0.005	0.029	0.007	0.007	0.348	0.014	0.007	0.038	-0.003	0.002	0.138
Married
2 = Unmarried / 0 = Married	-0.119	0.164	0.469	0.106	0.158	0.502	0.113	0.166	0.498	0.007	0.073	0.923	0.030	0.091	0.741	0.031	0.126	0.806	-0.014	0.034	0.674
1 = Divorced /  0 = Married	-0.223	0.221	0.313	0.346	0.202	0.087	0.327	0.163	0.044	0.105	0.097	0.282	0.059	0.125	0.636	0.059	0.125	0.636	-0.060	0.422	0.156
Education
2 = Middle/  0 = Low	0.234	0.103	0.023	-0.106	1.084	0.328	0.111	0.131	0.397	-0.017	0.056	0.761	0.203	0.084	0.015	0.203	0.084	0.015	0.011	0.023	0.615
1 = High/  0 = Low	0.364	0.138	0.009	-0.337	0.142	0.017	-0.086	0.143	0.548	0.075	0.088	0.397	0.230	0.115	0.046	0.230	0.084	0.046	0.084	0.039	0.031
BMI	0.009	0.014	0.541	-0.021	0.013	0.111	-0.003	0.014	0.814	0.002	0.007	0.737	0.005	0.010	0.603	0.005	0.010	0.603	0.000	0.003	0.986
Metabolic syndrome   1 = Yes / 0 = No	0.023	0.098	0.817	0.008	0.094	0.939	0.043	0.108	0.692	0.072	0.044	0.102	0.084	0.069	0.280	0.084	0.070	0.228	0.008	0.021	0.692

^a Reference group (time): pretest

^b Reference group (group): control group

^c Reference group (group × time): control group in the pretest

SE Standard error

BMI Body mass index