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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 3539 healthy participants who received pragmatic lifestyle modification or control lifestyle modification

From: A pragmatic lifestyle modification programme reduces the incidence of predictors of cardio-metabolic disease and dysglycaemia in a young healthy urban South Asian population: a randomised controlled trial

Characteristics

Pragmatic lifestyle modification

Control lifestyle modification

Number

1726

1813

Age, mean (range) years

22.5 (6–40)

22.4 (7–40)

Sex, %

 Males

837 (48.5%)

877 (48.4%)

 Female

889 (51.5%

936 (51.6%)

Prevalence of raised BMI, %

69.1

69.8

Prevalence of raised WC, %

63.0

64.4

Prevalence of a FH of T2DM, %

52.0

52.1

Prevalence of physical inactivity, %

100

100

Impaired fasting glycaemia, %

7.8

8.2

Impaired glucose tolerance, %

7.9

8.3

Smokers

5.7%

6.4%

Alcohol use

16%

17%

Waist circumference, cm

84.3 (83.7–84.8)

84.1 (83.5–84.5)

Body mass index, kg/m2

24.0 (23.8–24.2)

24.0 (23.7–24.1)

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

114.1 (113.8–115.1)

114.0 (113.8–115.0)

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg

71.0 (70.5–71.5)

71.1 (70.9–71.9)

Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/L

4.95 (4.9–5.0)

4.95 (4.9–5.0)

2-hour post-oral glucose tolerance test plasma glucose, mmol/L

5.84 (5.8–5.9)

5.91 (5.8–6.0)

Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.95 (4.90–4.96)

4.96 (4.92–5.0)

Low density lipoprotein, mmol/L

3.19 (3.15–3.22)

3.22 (3.19–3.26)

High density lipoprotein, mmol/L

1.14 (1.13–1.15)

1.14 (1.13–1.16)

Serum triglycerides, mmol/L

1.25 (1.22–1.28)

1.27 (1.24–1.31)

  1. Data are mean and 95% confidence intervals unless otherwise stated
  2. There were no statistically significant differences between the two trial arms
  3. BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, FH family history, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus