Short-Term Effectiveness of a Lifestyle Intervention Program for Reducing Selected Chronic Disease Risk Factors in Individuals Living in Rural Appalachia: A Pilot Cohort Study

Table 2

Mean changes in selected risk factors in 225 participants of the Athens, OH, CHIP classes, compared to 5066 participants who participated in CHIP interventions in the US (Rankin et al. [8]).

Variables	Athens (1)				Rankin study (2)				𝑃: (1) versus (2)
	𝑛	Δ (%)	SD	𝑃	𝑛	Δ (%)	SD	𝑃
BMI (kg/m^2)	208	−3.5	4.0	<0.001	4536	−3.2	3.0	<0.001	>0.2
SBP (mmHg)	203	−4.7	11.5	<0.001	4579	−4.9	18.7	<0.001	>0.2
DBP (mmHg)	203	−1.7	13.6	0.085	4577	−5.3	12.9	<0.001	<0.001
TC (mg/dL)	214	−10.3	13.2	<0.001	4674	−11.0	13.8	<0.001	>0.2
LDL (mg/dL)	210	−10.3	21.5	<0.001	4568	−13.0	21.1	<0.001	0.080
HDL (mg/dL)	214	−10.2	13.0	<0.001	4673	−4.7	8.8	<0.001	<0.001
TG (mg/dL)	214	0.0	38.0	>0.2	4669	−7.7	42.8	<0.001	0.005
FPG (mg/dL)	213	−4.1	11.1	<0.001	3689	−6.1	21.3	<0.001	0.018