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Table 2 Participant baseline characteristics: p-FFIT study

From: Weight management for overweight and obese men delivered through professional football clubs: a pilot randomized trial

 

All

Intervention

Comparison

Physical measures

Mean±SD (No)

Age (years)

47.1±8.4 (103)

48.2±8.4 (51)

45.9±8.4 (52)

Weight (kg)

107.6±17.3 (103)

107.6±15.0 (51)

107.5±19.5 (52)

BMI (kg/m2)

34.5±5.0 (103)

34.5±3.9 (51)

34.5±6.0 (52)

Waist (cm)

116.9±10.9 (103)

117.2±9.6 (51)

116.5±12.1 (52)

Body Fat (%)

30.7±4.7 (90)

30.8±3.8 (42)

30.7±5.4 (48)

BP Systolic (mmHg)

141.4±15.6 (100)

142.7±17.8 (51)

140.1±13.1 (49)

BP Diastolic (mmHg)

90.5±10.3 (100)

89.8±8.9 (51)

91.3±11.7 (49)

Employment status

% (No)

Full time work

76.7 (79)

76.5 (39)

76.9 (40)

Part time work

1.0 (1)

2.0 (1)

0.0 (0)

Unemployed

12.6 (13)

9.8 (5)

15.4 (8)

Student

1.9 (2)

3.9 (2)

0.0 (0)

Sick/disabled

2.9 (3)

3.9 (2)

1.9 (1)

Retired

4.9 (5)

3.9 (2)

5.8 (3)

Educational attainment

% (No)

No qualifications

12.6 (13)

17.6 (9)

7.7 (4)

Standard grades or equivalent

19.4 (20)

17.6 (9)

21.2 (11)

Highers or equivalent

10.7 (11)

9.8 (5)

11.5 (6)

Vocational qualification

12.6 (13)

15.7 (8)

9.6 (5)

HNC/HND

16.5 (17)

7.8 (4)

25.0 (13)

First degree

16.5 (17)

23.5 (12)

9.6 (5)

Post-graduate qualification

8.7 (9)

7.8 (4)

9.6 (5)

Other

1.9 (2)

0.0 (0)

3.8 (2)

Missing

1.0 (1)

0.0 (0)

1.9 (1)

Socioeconomic status a

% (No)

1 (most deprived)

16.5 (17)

15.7 (8)

17.3 (9)

2

20.4 (21)

19.6 (10)

21.2 (11)

3

20.4 (21)

21.6 (11)

19.2 (10)

4

18.4 (19)

17.6 (9)

19.2 (10)

5 (least deprived)

24.3 (25)

25.5 (13)

23.1 (12)

Marital status

% (No)

Single

8.7 (9)

7.8 (4)

9.6 (5)

Married

71.8 (74)

76.5 (39)

67.3 (35)

Separated

4.9 (5)

5.9 (3)

3.8 (2)

Living with someone

10.7 (11)

5.9 (3)

15.4 (8)

Divorced

2.9 (3)

3.9 (2)

1.9 (1)

Widowed

1.0 (1)

0.0 (0)

1.9 (1)

Housing status

% (No)

Own outright

20.4 (21)

25.5 (13)

15.4 (8)

Mortgage or loan

44.7 (46)

41.2 (21)

48.1 (25)

Part rent, part mortgage

1.0 (1)

0.0 (0)

1.9 (1)

Rent

30.1 (31)

27.5 (14)

32.7 (17)

Live rent free

2.9 (3)

3.9 (2)

1.9 (1)

Other

1.0 (1)

2 (1)

0.0 (0)

Ethnicity

% (No)

White UK

99.0 (102)

100.0 (51)

98.1 (51)

Mixed Race

1.0 (1)

0.0 (0)

1.9 (1)

  1. aEstimated using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation based on home postcode (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SIMD).