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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of participants, stratified by randomised group

From: Promoting physical activity in a multi-ethnic population at high risk of diabetes: the 48-month PROPELS randomised controlled trial

Participant characteristics

Control (N=460)

Walking Away (N=450)

Walking Away Plus (N=456)

Continuous variables

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 Age (yrs)

59.4

8.8

59.4

9.4

59.3

9.1

 BMI (kg/m2)

28.5

5.7

28.2

5.6

28.4

5.6

 Social deprivation (IMD decile)

5.5

2.8

5.7

3.0

5.7

2.8

 HbA1c (mmol/mol)

5.8

0.3

5.9

0.4

5.9

0.3

 HbA1c (%)

40.0

3.7

40.5

3.5

40.4

3.5

Categorical variables

%

n

%

n

%

n

 Sex

      

  Men

50.9

234

50.4

227

50.9

232

  Women

49.1

226

49.6

223

49.1

224

 Ethnicity

      

  White European

71.1

327

72.4

326

72.1

329

  South Asian

22.4

103

22.0

99

22.6

103

  Other

6.5

30

5.6

25

5.3

24

 Family history of diabetes in first-degree relatives

43.3

198

42.0

188

45.3

205

 Antihypertensive medication

40.9

169

44.6

164

44.7

170

 Lipid-lowering medication

34.9

144

37.2

137

39.6

150

 Steroids

7.4

34

9.1

41

6.4

29

 Metformin

0.0

0

0.2

1

0.2

1

 CVD (MI, heart failure, angina, stroke)

8.6

39

9.0

40

9.9

45

 Smoking status

      

  Past

38.3

176

36.2

163

38.2

174

  Current

9.8

45

8.4

38

11.4

52

 Employment type

      

  Full time

37.6

173

34.2

154

37.1

169

  Part time

16.1

74

20.4

92

18.9

86

  Retired

35.0

161

35.3

159

33.6

153

  Unemployed or other

11.3

52

10.0

45

10.5

48

 Educational status

      

  Degree, higher degree or equivalent

45.7

205

45.5

197

44.9

202

 Marital status

      

  Married/civil partner

68.3

314

75.6

340

73.9

337

 Access to the internet

83.0

380

86.2

387

85.3

388

 Meeting physical activity recommendations

53.7

238

56.1

245

57.3

254

 Meeting physical activity recommendations in 10-min bouts

21.9

97

25.9

113

24.6

109