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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Using web-based familial risk information for diabetes prevention: a randomized controlled trial

 

With family history

Without family history

Control

Intervention

Control

Intervention

n=286

n=288

n=269

n=266

Sex (% female)

54.2

55.2

43.9

48.9

Age (years, mean ± SD)

53.2 ± 5.9

53.5 ± 5.8

53.5 ± 5.3

53.4 ± 5.8

Ethnicity (% native Dutch origin)

97.2

95.8

97.8

98.5

Education* (%)

    

low

36.0

31.9

28.1

27.1

middle

41.3

44.1

47.9

44.0

high

22.4

24.0

24.0

28.9

BMI (%)

    

overweight 25–29.9 kg/m2

67.1

64.9

66.9

67.7

obese ≥30 kg/m2

32.9

35.1

33.1

32.3

Familial risk for diabetes†

    

average

-

-

96.3

92.9

moderate

66.1

67.0

1.5

4.5

high

33.9

33.0

2.2

2.6

  1. The number of participants is those who were analyzed for the study.
  2. *Low education refers to people who finished elementary school, lower secondary education or lower vocational education; Middle education refers to higher secondary education or intermediate vocational education; High education refers to university or higher vocational education.
  3. †As assessed with the detailed family history questionnaire, high familial risk for diabetes refers to at least 2 affected first-degree relatives or at least 3 affected maternal or paternal relatives from the same lineage; moderate refers to 1 affected first degree relative, or 2 affected maternal or paternal second degree relatives from the same lineage; average refers to all others [43].