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Table 2 Participants’ sociodemographic and health-related characteristics at baseline

From: Living labs for a mobile app-based health program: effectiveness of a 24-week walking intervention for cardiovascular disease risk reduction among female Korean-Chinese migrant workers: a randomized controlled trial

 

ET (n = 28)

ST (n = 22)

x2

U

P

n (%)

Mean (SD)

n (%)

Mean (SD)

Age

 

47.79 (7.01)

 

53.27 (7.32)

 

182.0

.014

Working time (hours a day)

 

9.57 (4.40)

 

9.73 (5.20)

 

290.0

.729

Duration of residence (months)

 

11.97 (6.27)

 

13.80 (4.98)

 

261.0

.358

Monthly income (USD)

 

1486.98 (481.80)

 

1699.62 (573.05)

 

280.0

.197

Education

  ≥ high school

19 (60.7)

 

14 (63.6)

 

1.322

 

.610

Marital status

 Married

25 (89.3)

 

22 (100.0)

 

2.508

 

.285

Job type

 Service

12 (42.9)

 

15 (68.2)

 

4.702

 

.328

 Sales

5 (17.9)

 

2 (9.1)

    

 Office job

3 (10.7)

 

2 (9.1)

    

 Self-employment

2 (7.1)

 

2 (9.1)

    

 Others

6 (21.4)

 

1 (4.5)

    

Chronic disease

 Yes

5 (17.9)

 

8 (36.4)

 

2.193

 

.139

Menopausal

 Yes

7 (30.4)

 

13 (68.4)

 

6.019

 

.014

Physical activity

 Number of steps

 

10,430.14 (3837.43)

 

10,422.36 (3164.14)

 

287.5

.689

 MPA time (min/week)

 

172.32 (129.90)

 

175.95 (113.52)

 

292.0

.755

Blood test

 Total cholesterol

 

187.29 (30.73)

 

192.55 (37.39)

 

285.0

.653

 LDL cholesterol

 

100.61 (29.16)

 

93.41 (40.16)

 

271.0

.470

 HDL cholesterol

 

53.68 (12.59)

 

58.64 (19.50)

 

271.5

.475

 Triglycerides

 

148.93 (73.06)

 

166.23 (63.19)

 

236.5

.162

 Fasting blood sugar

 

94.26 (10.76)

 

96.05 (19.99)

 

270.5

.463

ASCVD risk

 

1.41 (1.23)

 

2.42 (2.10)

 

237.0

.164

  1. ET Enhanced treatment, ST Standard treatment, SD Standard deviation, MPA Moderate-intensity physical activity, ASCVD Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease