Process evaluation of the Sophia Step Study- a primary care based three-armed randomized controlled trial using self-monitoring of steps with and without counseling in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes

Table 1 Baseline characteristics by intervention group

	Group A	Group B	Group C	Total
	n = 64	n = 59	n = 65	n = 188
Age, years	64.2 (6.8)	65.1 (7.3)	63.1 (8.7)	64.1 (7.7)
Female, %	44%	41%	37%	40%
Prediabetes, %	20%	19%	26%	22%
Diabetes duration^a, years	9.4 (7.1)	7.8 (5.1)	7.2 (4.8)	8.2 (6.0)
Daily smoker	7%	10%	6%	7%
University education	49%	43%	61%	51%
Living with partner	75%	71%	70%	72%
Body Mass Index, kg/m²	30.3 (4.1)	28.6 (4.5)	30.3 (4.7)	30.1 (4.4)
Accelerometer wear time, min/day^b	838.8 (92.3)	835.6 (59.6)	839.4 (65.0)	838.0 (74.1)
Steps/day^b	6532 (2892)	6605 (3293)	6561 (3122)	6566 (3086)
> 5000 steps/day^b	68%	67%	60%	65%
> 7000 steps/day^b	41%	42%	39%	41%
Vegetables, daily servings	1.4 (0.8)	1.5 (1.1)	1.7 (1.1)	1.5 (1.0)
Percentage whole wheat bread of consumed bread	80 (28)	82 (31)	80 (28)	81 (29)
Cooking fat quality, mostly butter	33%	27%	21%	27%

The table presents mean (standard deviation) or proportion (%). The number of participants vary with 1–2 for some variables due to missing data
^aOnly participants diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
^bBaseline accelerometry data were available for 163 participants

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