Table 1.
Baseline characteristics. Data are number of participants (%), unless otherwise specified
| Characteristic | Intervention (n=71) |
Comparator (n=36) |
Total (n=107) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years): | |||
| Mean (SD) | 45.7 (12.2) | 47.5 (14.3) | 46.9 (12.9) |
| IQR | 34.0-55.5 | 34.5-59.5 | 34.0-57.3 |
| Range | 19-73 | 25-75 | 19-75 |
| Missing | 6 (8) | 0 | 6 (6) |
| Gender: | |||
| Male | 10 (15) | 2 (6) | 12 (12) |
| Female | 55 (85) | 34 (94) | 89 (88) |
| Missing | 6 (8) | 0 | 6 (6) |
| Employed: | 56 (86) | 32 (89) | 88 (87) |
| Full time employment | 32 (45) | 20 (56) | 52 (49) |
| Part time employment | 16 (23) | 10 (28) | 26 (24) |
| Self employed | 5 (7) | 1 (3) | 6 (6) |
| Unemployed | 2 (3) | 0 | 2 (2) |
| Full time parent/homemaker | 3 (4 | 0 | 3 (3) |
| Retired | 4 (6) | 4 (11) | 8 (8) |
| Student/pupil | 0 | 1 (3) | 1 (1) |
| Missing | 6 (8) | 0 | 6 (6) |
| Ethnicity: | |||
| White | 55 (85) | 34 (94) | 89 (88) |
| Ethnicity other than white | 10 (15) | 2 (6) | 12 (12) |
| Missing | 6 (8) | 0 | 6 (6) |
| IMD level: | |||
| 1 (least deprived) | 2 (3) | 2 (6) | 4 (4) |
| 2 | 4 (6) | 1 (3) | 5 (5) |
| 3 | 16 (24) | 3 (9) | 19 (19) |
| 4 | 11 (17) | 9 (27) | 20 (20) |
| 5 (most deprived) | 33 (50) | 18 (55) | 51 (52) |
| Missing | 5 (7) | 3 (8) | 8 (7) |
| Body mass index: | |||
| <18 | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
| 18-24.9 | 29 (46) | 14 (39) | 43 (43) |
| 25-29.9 | 17 (27) | 10 (28) | 27 (27) |
| ≥30 | 16 (25) | 12 (33) | 28 (28) |
| Missing | 8 (11) | 0 | 8 (7) |
| Moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (min/week): | 75.6 (43.7) | 81.8 (40.7) | 77.7 (42.7) |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muscle strengthening activity (days): | 0.38 (0.74) | 0.39 (0.69) | 0.38 (0.72) |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 |
IMD=Index of Multiple Deprivation by fifths; SD=standard deviation; IQR=interquartile range.