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Table 1 Characteristics of baseline cardiovascular disease risks and lifestyle behaviors between intervention and control groups

From: Evaluation of a community intervention program in Japan using Framingham risk score and estimated 10-year coronary heart disease risk as outcome variables: a non-randomized controlled trial

 

Intervention N = 347

Control N = 1,636

P-valuea

 

Mean ± S.D.

Mean ± S.D.

 

Age, year

65.0 ± 7.8

63.0 ± 8.8

<0.001

Weight, kg

66.1 ± 8.1

66.8 ± 9.2

0.166

BMI, kg/m2

25.8 ± 2.3

25.8 ± 2.4

0.960

Waist, cm

91.0 ± 5.8

90.9 ± 6.2

0.942

SBP, mmHg

134.0 ± 14.6

135.5 ± 16.6

0.121

DBP, mmHg

79.7 ± 9.7

80.8 ± 10.5

0.077

HDL-C, mg/dl

57.3 ± 14.5

56.2 ± 14.9

0.179

LDL-C, mg/dl

134.0 ± 29.6

133.8 ± 32.1

0.933

TG, mg/dl

151.1 ± 95.8

165.8 ± 130.7

0.287b

HbA1c,%

5.34 ± 0.47

5.38 ± 0.82

0.395

Framingham risk score, score

14.0 ± 2.5

13.7 ± 2.9

0.085

Mean 10-year CHD risk,%

9.3 ± 6.0

9.4 ± 6.4

0.646

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

Sex

   

male

200 (57.6)

999 (61.1)

0.236

female

147 (42.4)

637 (38.9)

Current smoker

62 (17.9)

384 (23.5)

0.023

Physical activity

   

Exercise over than 30 min, > = 2 times/week

159 (51.6)

595 (39.7)

<0.001

Walking or physical activity over than 1 hour every day

168 (54.9)

707 (47.3)

0.015

Walking faster than their peers

171 (55.9)

771 (52.1)

0.231

Dietary behavior

   

Eating fast

88 (28.5)

410 (27.4)

0.686

Eating dinner less than 2 hours before sleeping

62 (20.1)

406 (27.2)

0.009

Eating snacks over than 3 times every week

42 (13.6)

200 (13.4)

0.900

Skipping breakfast over than 3 times every week

22 (7.1)

218 (14.6)

<0.001

Drinking alcohol every day

156 (50.5)

669 (44.7)

0.063

Drinking alcohol less than 22 g

143 (60.9)

666 (56.8)

0.249

Sleeping well

247 (81.0)

1148 (77.2)

0.147

  1. BMI = body mass index, waist = waist circumference, SBP = systolic blood pressure, DBP = diastolic blood pressure, HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG = Triglycerides, HbA1c = Hemoglobin, CHD = coronary heart disease.
  2. aby chi-squared or Student’s t-test.
  3. bby Mann–Whitney test.