Community Engaged Lifestyle Modification Research: Engaging Diabetic and Prediabetic African American Women in Community-Based Interventions

Table 1

Preintervention and postintervention measured screening health indicators ().

Measured indicator	Preintervention, %	Postintervention, %	Change%
Blood pressure (mm Hg)—systolic and/or diastolic
<120 and <80 normal	26	28	+2
120–139 or 80–89 borderline	30	19	−11
140–159 or 90–99 high	17	25	+8
≥160 or ≥100 high	26	28	+2
Blood glucose, random (mg/dL)
70–139 normal	85	94	+9
140–199 borderline	10	0	−10
≥200 mg high	6	6	0
Total blood cholesterol, random (mg/dL)
<200 desirable range	82	83	+1
200–239 borderline high	12	11	−1
≥240 high	6	6	0