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Table 3 Comparison of baseline characteristics between high-risk and low-risk waist circumference at baselinea

From: Participant characteristics associated with greater reductions in waist circumference during a four-month, pedometer-based, workplace health program

 

Low-risk WC

(Mean ± SD or Percentage)

High-risk WC

(Mean ± SD or Percentage)

P-value

n

251

288

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WORKPLACE CHARACTERISTICS b

Public ownership (vs. private)

32.7

43.1

<0.001

Inner city location (vs. outer city)

70.9

67.7

0.4

DEMOGRAPHICS

   

Age (year)

38 ± 10

43 ± 10

<0.001

Male

52.2

35.8

<0.001

Socio Economic Status (by SEIFA)

   

Most Advantaged

37.5

33.1

0.3

Advantaged

40.6

42.5

 

Disadvantaged

15.9

18.1

 

Most Disadvantaged

6.0

6.3

 

Completion of tertiary education

81.6

76.0

0.2

Occupation

   

Professional

50.7

40.2

0.022

Associate professional

19.2

20.3

 

Manager

17.9

21.1

 

Clerical or Service

12.2

18.4

 

Marital Status

   

Married or de facto

67.5

69.9

0.6

Widowed, separated or divorced

8.1

9.1

 

Never married

24.4

21.0

 

BASELINE MEASURES

   

Prior GCC® Participationc

21.54

24.83

0.06

Motivation for Participation c

Health

56.7

76.6

<0.001

To look my best

43.3

72.7

<0.001

Fitness

60.8

73.1

0.038

Colleagues

58.4

55.6

0.4

Friends or family

2.5

2.5

1.0

Behavioural Measures

   

Self reported hypertension

10.3

24.6

0.001

Self reported diabetes

2.1

8.4

0.001

Fruit Intake (meeting guidelines)

28.5

34.3

0.5

Vegetable Intake (meeting guidelines)

14.2

14.7

0.9

Takeaway Dinner

   

Once or less per month

46.3

46.2

0.9

About once a week

39.4

40.9

 

More than once a week

14.2

12.9

 

Alcohol (meeting guidelines)

39.8

44.4

0.1

Non tobacco smoker

92.7

88.8

0.2

Physical Activity (meeting guidelines)

41.2

37.8

0.018

Sitting Time (hrs per day)

   

Weekday

8.3 ± 3.6

8.2 ± 3.6

0.8

Weekend

5.7 ± 3.1

4.0 ± 2.6

0.001

Physical Measures

   

Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

116.1 ± 14.0

120.9 ± 15.0

0.010

Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

77.2 ± 10.0

81.8 ± 10.1

0.001

Blood Pressure (meeting guidelines)

86.1

79.5

0.036

Heart rate (beats per minute)

67.3 ± 10.2

69.5 ± 9.3

0.007

Weight (kg)

68.7 ± 11.1

84.1 ± 15.4

<0.001

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

23.6 ± 2.4

29.2 ± 4.5

<0.001

Body Mass Index (meeting guidelines)

69.1

17.4

<0.001

Waist circumference (cm)

79.4 ± 8.1

95.2 ± 10.2

<0.001

Waist circumference (meeting guidelines)

100.0

0.0

<0.001

Biomedical Measures (fasting)

   

Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.8 ± 0.9

5.0 ± 1.0

0.1

Total Cholesterol (meeting guidelines)

75.6

68.8

0.025

Glucose (mmol/L)

4.9 ± 0.7

5.2 ± 1.1

0.004

Glucose (meeting guidelines)

99.2

93.7

0.025

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.0 ± 0.5

1.3 ± 1.0

0.003

Triglycerides (meeting guidelines)

85.6

74.4

<0.001

Predicted risk scores

   

Cardiovascular disease risk (next 10 years)

   

CVD risk

2.9 ± 4.2

5.5 ± 5.2

0.001

High-risk

0.00

2.62

0.002

Intermediate-risk

5.06

12.36

 

Diabetes risk (next 5 years)

   

Diabetes risk

5.5 ± 3.3

9.3 ± 5.1

<0.001

High-risk

2.5

15.8

<0.001

Intermediate-risk

42.2

60.7

 

PROCESS MEASURES

   

Step data

   

Steps average (per day)

11815 ± 3661

11491 ± 3690

0.5

Meeting 10,000 steps average (per day)

67.6

66.0

0.8

FOUR-MONTH MEASURES

   

Waist circumference (cm)

79.3 ± 8.8

92.3 ± 11.32

<0.001

Waist circumference (meeting guidelines)

91.2

22.9

<0.001

  1. aIn participants who attended both baseline and four-month follow-up data collections.
  2. b The reference group for this binary variable is shown in brackets. The reference group data is not shown.
  3. c The reference group for this binary variable is 'no'. The reference group data is not shown
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