Table 1 Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics
Baseline | ||
|---|---|---|
EVIDENT 2 Intervention group (N = 291) Mean ± SD | Control group (N = 306) Mean ± SD | |
Age (years) | 52.7 ± 11.4 | 52.9 ± 11.0 |
Female (n, %) | 179 (61.5) | 202 (66.0) |
Work situation | ||
Works outside home | 163 (56.0) | 150 (49.0) |
Homemaker | 39 (13.4) | 59 (19.3) |
Retired | 53 (18.2) | 59 (19.3) |
Student | 4 (1.4) | 3 (1.0) |
Unemployed | 32 (11.0) | 35 (11.4) |
Educational level | ||
University studies | 91 (31.3) | 106 (34.6) |
Middle or high school | 152 (52.2) | 162 (53.0) |
Elementary school | 48 (16.5) | 38 (12.4) |
Smoking | ||
Smoker | 49 (16.8) | 68 (22.2) |
Non smoker | 129 (44.3) | 119 (38.9) |
Former smoker | 113 (38.8) | 119 (38.9) |
Hypertension (n, %) | 97 (33.3) | 88 (28.8) |
Type 2 diabetes (n, %) | 21 (7.2) | 21 (6.9) |
Obesity (n, %) | 78 (26.8) | 69 (22.5) |
Medications | ||
Antihypertensive | 79 (27.1) | 65 (21.2) |
Lipid-lowering drugs | 60 (20.6) | 52 (17.0) |
Antidiabetics | 18 (6.2) | 20 (6.5) |
