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Table 1 Selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the study subjects at the baseline

From: Effectiveness of optimized food-based recommendation promotion to improve nutritional status and lipid profiles among Minangkabau women with dyslipidemia: A cluster-randomized trial

Parameter

Intervention Group

p-value*

FBR

Non-FBR

 

Cluster level

Number of sub-villages

8

8

 

Median (range) number of WoRA/sub villages

6 (3-9)

6(4-8)

 

Individual Level

Total participants completed the trial

48

54

 

Age, years median (min–max)

39.5 (22–44)

35.5 (21–44)

0.049

Age category, n (%)

20–34 years

14 (29.2)

25 (46.3)

 

35–44 years

34 (70.8)

29 (53.7)

 

Education, n (%)

12 (6–15)

12 (0–15)

0.178

No schooling

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

 

Elementary

3 (6.2)

6 (11.1)

 

Junior high school

10 (20.5)

8 (14.8)

 

Senior high school

27 (56.2)

38 (70.4)

 

Tertiary

8 (16.7)

1 (1.9)

 

Occupation, n(%)

Housewife

41 (85.4)

49 (90.7)

0.474

Government employee

1 (2.1)

0 (0.0)

 

Small trader

3 (6.2)

1 (1.9)

 

Others

3 (6.2)

4 (7.4)

 

Marital status, n(%)

Single

2 (4.2)

2 (3.7)

0.313

Married

44 (91.7)

52 (96.3)

 

Widow

2 (4.2)

0 (0.)

 

HH number, median (min–max)

5 (2–8)

4 (3–8)

0.636

Parity, median (min–max)

2 (0–6)

2 (0–6)

0.428

Per capita income, IDR median (min–max)

525.000 (200.000–3.000.000)

500.000 (180.000–1.466.666)

0.183

Physical activity, MET min/week

1242 (329–4617)

1257 (329–4518)

0.407

Physical activity category, n (%)

Light

2 (4.2)

2 (3.7)

 

Moderate

42 (87.5)

51 (94.4)

 

High

4 (8.3)

1 (1.9)

 

Having family history for NCDs, n (%)

Heart diseases

5 (10.4)

4 (7.4)

0.731

Diabetes mellitus

12 (25.0)

15 (27.8)

0.751

Renal diseases

0 (0.0)

2 (3.7)

0.497

Hypertension

23 (47.9)

28 (51.9)

0.692

Stroke

4 (8.3)

5 (9.3)

1.000

Contraceptive user, n (%)

21 (43.8)

20 (37.0)

0.490

Hormonal contraceptives, n (%)

19 (39.6)

13 (24.1)

0.092

  1. FBR, food-based recommendation; HH, household; MET, metabolic equivalent; NCD, noncommunicable diseases.
  2. *Significant difference between the two groups: the Mann–Whitney analysis (for non-normally distributed continuous data) or chi-square analysis (for categorical data), significant at p < 0.05.