Table 1 Subject characteristics at baseline
Variable | All subjects who has baseline data | Completers | Dropouts | pvalue# | Compliers | Non-compliers | pvalue* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 118 | 63 | 55 | - | 36 | 27 | - |
Age (years) | 45.1 ± 8.4 | 45.4 ± 9.2 | 44.9 ± 7.4 | 0.751 | 47.1 ± 8.3 | 43.1 ± 10.0 | 0.092 |
Male (%) | 26.3 | 31.7 | 20.0 | 0.148 | 30.6 | 33.3 | 0.815 |
Weight (kg) | 88.6 ± 12.1 | 88.5 ± 12.5 | 88.7 ± 11.6 | 0.921 | 89.5 ± 12.2 | 87.1 ± 13.1 | 0.444 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 31.2 ± 3.5 | 30.9 ± 3.6 | 31.6 ± 3.4 | 0.302 | 31.6 ± 3.5 | 29.9 ± 3.5 | 0.069 |
Smokers (%) | 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 0.837 | 8.3 | 3.7 | 0.456 |
Education level TAFE or above (%) | 64.4 | 68.3 | 60.0 | 0.350 | 55.6 | 85.2 | 0.012 |
Labour intensive job (%)1 | 35.0 | 33.3 | 37.0 | 0.713 | 36.1 | 29.6 | 0.359 |
Taking regular medication (%) | 26.3 | 20.6 | 32.7 | 0.137 | 22.2 | 18.5 | 0.719 |
Country of birth (%) | |||||||
Oceania | 83.6 | 87.1 | 79.6 | 85.7 | 88.9 | ||
Europe | 12.1 | 9.7 | 14.8 | 0.552 | 11.4 | 7.4 | 0.858 |
Others | 4.3 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 |