Table 2 Characteristics of the participants at the baseline according to tertiles of Factor 1: underrating/resistant
From: Beliefs and attitudes towards lifestyle change and risks in primary care – a community-based study
Factor 1: underrating/ resistant Tertiles | P-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
I (< 70) N = 119 | II (70–84) N = 111 | III (> = 85) N = 131 | ||
Demographic | ||||
Females, n (%) | 44 (37) | 47 (42) | 89 (68) | < 0.001 |
Age, years, mean (SD) | 52 (10) | 49 (10) | 51 (10) | 0.54 |
Education: years, mean (SD) | 10.1 (2.8) | 10.8 (2.9) | 11.4 (2.9) | < 0.001 |
Education: university or university of applied sciences, n (%) | 28 (24) | 32 (29) | 49 (37) | 0.017 |
Living alone, n (%) | 14 (12) | 10 (9) | 15 (12) | 0.97 |
Employed, n (%) | 69 (58) | 76 (68) | 82 (63) | 0.48 |
Clinical | ||||
Body mass index, kg/m2, mean (SD) | 28.2 (5.4) | 29.0 (5.7) | 26.7 (4.6) | 0.022 |
Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/l, mean (SD) | 5.78 (1.47) | 5.58 (0.85) | 5.34 (0.75) | 0.0041 |
Serum total cholesterol, mmol/l, mean (SD) | 5.23 (1.25) | 5.26 (1.08) | 5.19 (1.21) | 0.78 |
Serum HDL-cholesterol, mmol/l, mean (SD) | ||||
Male | 1.10 (0.38) | 1.03 (0.31) | 1.13 (0.35) | 0.61 |
Female | 1.33 (0.50) | 1.40 (0.37) | 1.38 (0.39) | 0.79 |
Triglycerides, mmol/l mean (SD) | ||||
Male | 1.49 (0.94) | 1.57 (0.94) | 1.48 (0.89) | 0.94 |
Female | 1.35 (0.61) | 1.36 (0.97) | 1.10 (0.60) | 0.012 |
Blood pressure mm/Hg, mean (SD) | ||||
Systolic | 143 (19) | 141 (20) | 136 (17) | 0.002 |
Diastolic | 83 (12) | 84 (11) | 82 (10) | 0.39 |
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), mean (SD) | 6.9 (6.8) | 6.5 (6.7) | 4.3 (5.7) | 0.0017 |
BDI ≥10, n (%) | 30 (25) | 27 (24) | 13 (10) | 0.002 |
Current medication | ||||
Hypertension, n (%) | 35 (29) | 19 (17) | 26 (19) | 0.076 |
Cholesterol-lowering, n (%) | 22 (18) | 14 (13) | 12 (9) | 0.031 |
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 6 (5) | 6 (5) | 4 (3) | 0.44 |
Current smoking, n (%) | 47 (40) | 28 (26) | 14 (11) | < 0.001 |
Leisure-time physical activity, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Low | 33 (28) | 23 (21) | 8 (6) | |
Medium | 37 (32) | 29 (26) | 37 (24) | |
High | 47 (40) | 58 (53) | 86 (66) | |