Research Article
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 (
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| 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 |
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