Effectiveness of a Group-Based Culturally Tailored Lifestyle Intervention Program on Changes in Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes among Asian Indians in the United States

Table 1

Baseline demographic characteristics of study sample by group ().

Characteristic	Intervention group	Control group	value
	()	()
	(SD, %)	(SD, %)
Age in years, mean (SD)	53 (11.0)	53.6 (12.2)
Gender
Male	16 (44.4)	16 (47.1)
Female	20 (55.6)	18 (52.9)
Years in US
Born in US	0 (0.0)	1 (2.9)
Immigrant: less than 8 years	4 (11.1)	7 (20.6)
Immigrant: more than 8 years	32 (88.9)	26 (76.5)
Language fluency
English as primary language	6 (16.7)	8 (22.2)
English as second language	25 (69.4)	19 (52.8)
Not fluent in English	5 (13.9)	7 (19.4)
Education
High school	3 (8.3)	10 (27.8)
Technical/associate’s degree	1 (2.8)	2 (5.6)
Bachelor’s degree	16 (44.4)	14 (38.9)
Graduate degree	16 (44.4)	8 (23.5)
Diet
Vegan	9 (25.0)	5 (13.9)
Lactovegetarian	25 (69.4)	28 (77.8)
Ovolacto vegetarian	2 (5.6)	1 (2.8)
Nonvegetarian	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
MDRF-IDRS
Medium risk category	12 (33.3)	9 (26.4)
High risk category	24 (66.7)	25 (73.6)
Marital status
Married	33 (91.7)	33 (97.1)
Widowed	3 (8.3)	1 (2.9)
Occupation
Work full-time	23 (63.9)	22 (61.1)
Work part-time	1 (2.8)	4 (11.8)
Retired	4 (11.1)	5 (13.9)
Go to school	1 (2.8)	0 (0.0)
Home maker	4 (11.1)	2 (5.6)

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