Characteristics | Intervention (n = 212) | Control (n = 203) | missing %(n) | P value for difference between intervention and control groups |
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Agea (years) | 41.4 (12.8) | 44.6 (12.6) | 0 (0) | 0.011 |
Gender femaleb | 60.8 (129) | 67.0 (136) | 0 (0) | 0.193 |
Physically inactiveb (light exercise ≤ 1/month) | 4.8 (7) | 3.7 (6) | 26.3 (109) | 0.778 |
Body mass indexa (kg/m2) | 27.8 (5.8) | 27.8 (5.2) | 26.3 (109) | 0.984 |
Smokingb | 29.0 (42) | 29.8 (48) | 26.3 (109) | 0.871 |
DEPS scorec | 5.0 (8.0) | 6.0 (8.5) | 26.3 (109) | 0.118 |
Actively workingb | 57.9 (84) | 56.5 (91) | 26.3 (109) | 0.804 |
Work abilityc (0–10) | 7.0 (8.0) | 7.0 (8.0) | 26.3 (109) | 0.279 |
Comorbidity b | 26.9 (112) | |||
Diabetes | 3.5 (5) | 9.3 (15) | 0.062 | |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 1.4 (2) | 1.9 (3) | 1.000 | |
Spondylarthritis | 0 | 0.6 (1) | 1.000 | |
Osteoarthritis | 18.2 (26) | 25.5 (41) | 0.130 | |
Depression | 17.5 (25) | 22.4 (36) | 0.317 | |
Fibromyalgia | 2.1 (3) | 3.1 (5) | 0.727 | |
Inflammatory bowel disease | 1.4 (2) | 5.0 (8) | 0.110 | |
Muscle disease | 0.7 (1) | 0 | 0.470 |