Research Article
Predictors of Effects of Lifestyle Intervention on Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Patients
Table 2
Sample characteristics before intervention ().
| | Group of variables | Variable | Outcomes in means (SD)*or % |
| | Gender | | | Men | 59.4 | | Women | 40.6 | | Age | 58.2 (9.65) | | Ethnicity | | | Danes | 90.9 | | Other nationalities | 9.1 | | Civil status | | | Sociodemography | With partner | 66.4 | | Alone | 33.6 | | Job situation | | | In job | 39.9 | | Out of job | 7.0 | | Retired | 53.1 | | Education | | | High school/special technical | 44.8 | | Grammar school/university | 55.2 |
| | Alcohol units per week | Median 2.0 (IQR 1.0–7.0) | | Smoking status | | | Smokers | 19.6 | | Lifestyle | Never smokers | 36.4 | | Quit smokers | 44.0 | | | Median 6.5 | | Exercising hours per week | (IQR 4.0–11.8) |
| | BMI | 32.5 (6.27) | | General health | Waist circumference | 108.8 (14.90) | | Blood pressure systolic/diastolic | 147.7/84.7 (17.36/9.62) |
| | 6-minute walk test in meters () | 524.8 (112.54) | | General functioning | SFT st in times per 30 seconds | 16.1 (4.28) | | SFT 2.45 in seconds | 5.2 (1.42) |
| | HbA1c in % | 7.9 (0.84) | | Cholesterol in mmol/L | 4.8 (1.05) | | Disease-specific functioning | LDL in mmol/L | 2.7 (0.95) | | HDL in mmol/L | 1.2 (0.34) | | Triglycerides in mmol/L | 2.3 (1.52) |
| | SF 36—physical functioning | 80.6 (19.98) | | SF 36—physical role functioning | 72.5 (35.82) | | SF 36—bodily pain | 80.0 (23.78) | | SF 36—general health perception | 64.0 (19.67) | | SF 36—vitality | 60.0 (23.64) | | General and disease-specific health-related quality of life | SF 36—social role functioning | 87.5 (21.13) | | SF 36—emotional role functioning | 75.90 (35.85) | | SF 36—mental health | 78.0 (18.70) | | SF 36—physical component merged | 74.9 (19.76) | | SF 36—mental component merged | 75.1 (20.72) | | DSC-R | 1.0 (0.62) |
| | Health care professional taking care of diabetes | | | General practitioner | 74.8 | | Endocrinologist | 25.2 | | History of the disease and its treatment | Length of diabetes in years | 6.6 (6.43) | | Having eye check in the past year | 64.3 | | Having foot check in the past year | 63.6 | | Having urine check in the past year | 67.8 |
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Abbreviations: N: sample size; SD: standard deviation, unless otherwise indicated; IQR: interquartile range for not normally distributed outcomes.
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