Table 4 Model of generalised estimating equations for bank workers participating in this randomised control trial study in Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia.

From: A healthy lifestyle education intervention for metabolic syndrome risk reduction among office workers in Ethiopia: a single-blind, randomised controlled trial

Outcome variables

 

95% Confidence interval

Waist circumference

β

SE

P value

Lower

Upper

 Intervention

1·435

1·199

0·231

− 0·915

3·785

 Time

− 4·166

1·145

 < 0·001

− 6·409

− 1·922

 Intervention* time

− 1·501

1·301

0·249

− 4·052

1·049

Systolic blood pressure

 Intervention

3·870

1·867

0·038

0·211

7·528

 Time

− 5·000

1·530

0·001

− 7·999

− 2·001

 Intervention * time

− 2·453

1·957

0·210

− 6·289

1·382

Diastolic blood pressure

 Intervention

1·521

1·188

0·200

− 0·807

3·850

 Time

− 3·821

1·066

 < 0·001

− 5·919

− 1·731

 Intervention * time

− 0·620

1·318

0·635

− 3·181

1·941

Total cholesterol

 Intervention

16·147

5·797

0·005

4·788

27·507

 Time

− 20·518

4·559

 < 0·001

− 29·454

− 11·582

 Intervention * time

− 14·249

5·209

0·006

− 24·458

− 4·039

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol

 Intervention

6·002

1·333

 < 0·001

3·498

8·614

 Time

− 5·713

1·199

 < 0·001

− 7·829

− 3·596

 Intervention * time

− 5·055

1·403

 < 0·001

− 7·805

− 2·306

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

 Intervention

6·968

5·254

0·185

− 3·339

17·265

 Time

− 17·229

3·727

 < 0·001

− 24·534

− 9·924

 Intervention * time

− 3·856

4·312

0·371

− 12·306

4·595

Triglycerides

 Intervention

10·207

9·584

0·287

− 8·578

28·991

 Time

9·749

9·651

0·312

− 9·166

28·664

 Intervention * time

− 16·281

11·377

0·152

− 38·565

6·003

Fasting blood glucose

 Intervention

7·186

2·699

0·008

1·896

12·476

 Time

− 1·814

2·912

0·533

− 7·522

3·894

 Intervention * time

− 1·714

3·931

0·663

− 9·417

5·990

Knowledge

 Intervention

− 0·051

0·864

0·953

− 1·745

1·643

 Time

− 0·113

0·756

0·881

− 1·595

1·369

 Intervention * time

7·194

0·941

 < 0·001

5·351

9·037

Attitude

 Intervention

− 1·244

0·957

0·194

− 3·119

0·631

 Time

− 1·722

1·191

0·148

− 4·057

0·612

 Intervention * time

2·579

1·403

0·066

− 0·171

5·329

Fruit portion consumption

 Intervention

− 0·603

0·222

0·007

− 1·039

− 0·167

 Time

− 0·611

0·233

0·009

− 1·066

− 0·154

 Intervention * time

1·043

0·286

 < 0·001

0·482

1·603

Vegetable portion consumption

 Intervention

− 0·319

0·274

0·244

− 0·855

0·217

 Time

− 0·946

0·224

 < 0·001

− 1·384

− 0·508

 Intervention * time

1·360

0·327

 < 0·001

0·734

1·987

Stress management

 Intervention

− 0·126

0·772

0·870

− 1·639

1·386

 Time

0·191

0·746

0·798

− 1·271

1·653

 Intervention * time

− 0·547

0·934

0·558

− 2·378

1·284

Sitting time

 Intervention

0·353

0·186

0·058

− 0·011

0·718

 Time

− 0·059

0·165

0·719

− 0·382

0·263

 Intervention * time

− 0·137

0·214

0·522

− 0·557

0·282