Changes in skinfold thickness and waist circumference after 12 and 24 months resulting from the NHF-NRG In Balance-project

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

	Control (n = 188)	Intervention (n = 365)	P-value
Age, years mean (s.d.)	35.0 (7.4)	38.9 (8.2)	<.01
Gender (% female)	48.2	50.7	.61
Highest education (%)			.41
High school or less	19.3	15.7
Some college/vocational training	29.2	34.7
University	51.6	49.6
Marital status (%)			.06
Married or living together	77.1	83.9
Separated, divorced, widowed or never married	22.9	16.1
Current smoker (%)	17.3	16.0	.72
Body Mass Index, kg/m² mean (s.d.)	24.2 (3.1)	25.7 (4.0)	<.01

Note: Abbreviation: s.d., standard deviation. P-value estimated by t-test, with exception for education and marital status, which was estimated with Chi-square tests.

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