Effect of an individually tailored one-year energy balance programme on body weight, body composition and lifestyle in recent retirees: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population at baseline

	intervention	control
Number	174	178
Age (years)	59.5 ± 2.5	59.4 ± 2.3
Energy intake (MJ/day)	9.5 ± 2.1	9.8 ± 2.3
Total fat intake (en%)	34.6 ± 5.4	33.6 ± 5.3
Physical activity (PASE^a)	116 ± 65	122 ± 68
Compliance (%) with norm for
Physical activity (> 30 min > 5 day/week)	62	60
Fruit and vegetable norm (> 350 g/day)	30	35
Fat intake (< 35 en%)	61	60
Low educational level (%)	25	23
Current smokers (%)	9	12
Living alone (%)	7	2*
Active latest job (%)	35	43
Perceived health (%)
Excellent + very good	32	28
Good	60	67
Bad	8	5
Hypertension drugs (%)	14	18
Cholesterol-reducing drugs (%)	9	14
Diabetes mellitus (%)	4	2

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or as percentages. Note that questionnaire derived data may have missing values; ^a Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (range 0 (non active) - 400 (very active)); * p for association < 0.05 (χ²).

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