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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Effectiveness of a motivational intervention on overweight/obese patients in the primary healthcare: a cluster randomized trial

 

Usual Care (n = 446)

Motivational Intervention (n = 400)

All (n = 846)

mean (SD)

mean (SD)

mean (SD)

Gendera

 Male

122 (27.4%)

71 (17.8%)

193 (22.8%)

 Female

324 (72.6%)

329 (82.3%)

653 (77.2%)

Weight in Kg.

 At baseline

87.1 (14.8)

85.5 (13.9)

86.3 (14.4)

 Height in cm.

159.8 (9.2)

158.4 (8.3)

159.1 (8.8)

 BMI in Kg/m2

34.1 (4.8)

34.1 (4.8)

34.1 (4.8)

 Waist circumference in cm.

107.7 (11.5)

107.6 (10.8)

107.7 (11.2)

 SBP in mmHg

130.8 (14.8)

132.6 (15.2)

131.7 (15)

 DBP in mmHg

78.7 (10.3)

79.3 (9.7)

79 (10)

 Obesitya

374 (83.9%)

353 (88.3%)

727 (85.9%)

 Diabetesa

76 (17%)

69 (17.3%)

145 (17.1%)

 Hyperlipidemiaa

269 (60.3%)

240 (60%)

509 (60.2%)

Smoking Habita

 Never

298 (72.2%)

289 (77.3%)

587 (74.6%)

 Current

54 (13.1%)

39 (10.4%)

93 (11.8%)

 Ex-smoker

61 (14.8%)

46 (12.3%)

107 (13.6%)

 Alcohol intakea

9 (2%)

3 (0.8%)

12 (1.4%)

 Ischemic Heart Diseasea

6 (3.2%)

1 (0.7%)

7 (2.2%)

 Heart Failurea

6 (3.2%)

3 (2.2%)

9 (2.8%)

 Transient Ischemic Attacka

1 (0.5%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.3%)

 Neoplasma

4 (2.1%)

3 (2.2%)

7 (2.2%)

  1. a: n (%) and Chi-square Test, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP Diastolic Blood Pressure