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Table 1 Anthropometric, lifestyle and work related characteristics at baseline of the whole and the target population.

From: Diet, physical exercise and cognitive behavioral training as a combined workplace based intervention to reduce body weight and increase physical capacity in health care workers - a randomized controlled trial

  

Whole population (n = 144)

Target population (n = 98)

  

Intervention

group

(n = 76)

Reference

group

(n = 68)

P-

values

Intervention

group

(n = 54)

Reference group (n = 44)

P-

values

Sex

(females)

N

%

75

98.7

64

94.1

0.189

54

100

44

100

1.000

Education (health

(care worker)

N

%

58

80.6

49

74.2

0.302

41

77.4

35

79.5

0.497

Current smoking

N

%

21

32.8

18

32.7

0.430

18

35.3

9

26.5

0.244

Age

(years)

Mean

SD

44,8

9.5

46.4

9.5

0.314

45.7

8.7

46.0

8.6

0.893

Job Seniority

(months)

Mean

SD

176.0

105.2

158.7

122.4

0.418

188.8

105.1

152.0

120.9

0.146

Working hours

(hours/week)

Mean

SD

32.3

3.5

32.0

4.1

0.708

32.1

3.4

32.3

3.4

0.744

Height

(cm)

Mean

SD

166.0

5.9

165.5

6.9

0.649

166.2

5.8

165.1

6.7

0.410

Weight

(kg)

Mean

SD

78.3

17.3

76.3

16.3

0.499

84.3

16.0

83.0

14.4

0.660

Body mass index

(kg/m2)

Mean

SD

28.4

6.0

27,8

5.6

0.558

30.5

5.4

30.4

4.9

0.898

Fat percentage

(%)

Mean

SD

37.5

7.9

36.0

8.6

0.274

40.9

5.8

40.5

5.7

0.744

Waist circum-ference (cm)

Mean

SD

94.8

15.0

94.3

15.2

0.856

99.7

13.7

101.6

12.4

0.492

Systolic blood

pressure (mmHg)

Mean

SD

132.1

18.6

127.0

13.4

0.077

134.1

19.3

129.3

11.9

0.162

Diastolic blood

pressure (mmHg)

Mean

SD

83.7

10.7

80.1

9.1

0.042*

85.1

10.8

81.7

8.3

0.108

  1. Because of some missing data, the number of responders on the different measures varied from 53-76 of the whole population and 34-54 of the target group.
  2. Where N is displayed, percentages are based on the number of responses.