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Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic, clinical and psychological characteristics of the ADDITION-Plus cohort a

From: Predictors of change in objectively measured and self-reported health behaviours among individuals with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes: longitudinal results from the ADDITION-Plustrial cohort

Variables

Mean ± SD

Socio-demographic characteristics

 

Age (years), n (mean ± SD)

478 (59.7 ± 7.5)

Male gender, n (%)

298 (62.3)

Full-time education finished at >16 years, n (%)

291 (61.7)

In full- or part-time employment, n (%)

245 (51.4)

Married, n (%)

359 (75.4)

Social class, n (%)

 

Managerial/professional occupations

184 (39.0)

Intermediate occupations

120 (25.4)

Routine/manual occupations

168 (35.6)

Caucasian ethnicity, n (%)

466 (97.5)

Clinical characteristics

 

Waist circumference (cm), n

477 (110.8 ± 13.8)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), n

478 (136.1 ± 19.23)

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), n

478 (80.3 ± 10.42)

HbA1c (%), n

472 (7.1 ± 1.47)

Total cholesterol (mmol/l), n

474 (4.9 ± 1.08)

Screen-detected type 2 diabetes, n (%)

239 (50.0)

Psychological characteristics (1 to 5)

 

Intention

 

Physical activity, n

463 (3.7 ± 0.78)

Lower fat diet, n

464 (3.7 ± 0.78)

Perceived behavioural control

 

Physical activity, n

463 (3.8 ± 0.86)

Lower fat diet, n

465 (3.7 ± 0.87)

Behavioural beliefs

 

Physical activity, n

467 (4 ± 0.68)

Lower fat diet, n

464 (3.8 ± 0.73)

Illness perception (1 to 5)

 

Diabetes treatment control, n

451 (3.8 ± 0.49)

Diabetes consequences, n

454 (2.9 ± 0.65)

State anxiety (20 to 80), n

467 (32.5 ± 11.29)

Self-rated health (1 to 5), n

468 (3.2 ± 0.84)

  1. Values are means ± SD unless otherwise indicated.
  2. aSample sizes differ due to missing data.