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. 2022 Nov 16;12:19700. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-21531-7

Table 2.

Baseline description of the sample according to the access route to the intervention.

Qualitative variables Total Access route P*
Occupational health Community
N (% column) N (% column) N (% column)
Total 1629 (100) 501(31) 1128 (69)
Body mass index Normal weight 54 (3) 12 (3) 42 (4) 0.384
Overweight 482 (30) 151 (31) 331 (30)
Obesity 1059 (66) 320 (66) 739 (66)
Glycemic status Normoglycemic 689 (59) 240 (51) 449 (65)  < 0.001
High risk for diabetes 428 (37) 218 (47) 210 (30)
Diabetic 48 (4) 11 (2) 37 (5)
Waist circumference risk Yes 1268 (86) 384 (83) 884 (87) 0.034
No 210 (14) 79 (17) 131 (13)
Sex Male 401 (25) 197 (39) 204 (18)  < 0.001
Female 1219 (75) 303 (61) 916 (82)
Age  < 44 years 228 (15) 56 (12) 172 (16)  < 0.001
45–54 years 458 (30) 205 (44) 253 (23)
55–64 years 470 (30) 164 (36) 306 (28)
 > 65 years 389 (25) 36 (8) 353 (33)
Nationality Spanish 1400 (92) 459 (99) 941 (89)  < 0.001
Not Spanish 118 (8) 3 (0,6) 115 (11)
Marital status Single 252 (17) 58 (13) 194 (19)  < 0.001
Married 948 (65) 335 (74) 613 (61)
Separated 164 (11) 48 (10) 116 (12)
Widowed 93 (6) 14 (3) 79 (8)
Work situation Working 789 (55) 414 (91) 384 (39)  < 0.001
Unemployed 140 (10) 3 (0.7) 137 (14)
Studying 11 (1) 1 (0.2) 10 (1)
Home care 160 (11) 6 (1.3) 154 (15)
Retired/pensioner 340 (23) 33 (7.2) 307 (31)
Education level Primary or less 246 (17) 22 (5) 224 (23)  < 0.001
Secondary 723 (51) 194 (43) 529 (54)
University 462 (32) 237 (52) 225 (23)
Quantitative variables Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) p
Age (years) 56.1 (11.26) 53.5 (7.67) 57.2 (12.32)  < 0.001
Weight (kg) 84.8 (15.48) 88.5 (15.49) 83.2 (15.21)  < 0.001
Height (cm) 163 (9.12) 166 (9.11) 161 (8.63)  < 0.001
Body mass index 31.9 (4.81) 31.9 (4.53) 32.0 (4.93) 0.756
Waist circumference (cm) 103.8 (12.39) 104.5 (11.99) 103.5 (12.55) 0.113

*p-value for the chi-squared test of the relationship with the access route. p < 0.05 implies a significant relationship.

p-value for Student’s t test for the comparison of means according to the route of access to the intervention.