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Table 3 Percentage of program participants in risk categories at pre and post intervention screenings.

From: Evaluation of a community-based participatory physical activity promotion project: effect on cardiovascular disease risk profiles of school employees

Risk Factor (%)

Pre intervention

Post intervention

Body mass index (kg/m 2)

  

Normal

30

32

Overweight

33

32

Obese

37

36

Blood Pressure (mmHg)

  

Normotensive

42

43

Prehypertensive

47

51

Hypertensive

11

6

Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)

  

Optimal

60

72

Borderline

30

25

High

10

3

Glucose (mg/dL)

  

Normal

85

89

Prediabetic

12

8

Diabetic

3

3

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