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 2

Baseline demographic characteristics of complete cases analyzed by group ().

Characteristic	Intervention group	Control group	value
	()	()
	(SD, %)	(SD, %)
Age in years, mean (SD)	52.7 (9.8)	53.6 (12.5)
Gender
Male	12 (46.2)	11 (55.0)
Female	14 (53.8)	9 (45.0)
Years in US
Born in US	0 (0.0)	1 (5.0)
Immigrant: less than 8 years	2 (7.7)	3 (15.0)
Immigrant: more than 8 years	24 (92.3)	16 (80.0)
Language fluency
English as primary language	3 (11.5)	5 (25.0)
English as second language	21 (80.8)	14 (70.0)
Not fluent in English	2 (7.7)	1 (5.0)
Education
High school	1 (3.8)	5 (25.0)
Bachelor’s degree	12 (46.2)	9 (45.0)
Graduate degree	13 (50.0)	6 (30.0)
Diet
Vegan	5 (19.2)	4 (20.0)
Lactovegetarian	20 (76.9)	16 (80.0)
Ovolacto vegetarian	1 (3.8)	0 (0.0)
Nonvegetarian	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
MDRF-IDRS
Medium risk category	7 (26.9)	6 (30.0)
High risk category	19 (73.1)	14 (70.0)
Marital status
Married	24 (26.9)	19 (95.0)
Widowed	2 (73.1)	1 (5.0)
Occupation
Work full-time	18 (69.2)	15 (75.0)
Work part-time	1 (3.8)	2 (10.0)
Retired	3 (1.5)	2 (10.0)
Go to school	1 (3.8)	0 (0.0)
Home maker	3 (11.5)	1 (5.5)

  -test, -square test.