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Table 3 Cardio metabolic outcomes at baseline and 10-month follow-up in adolescent school children

From: School Health Education Program in Pakistan (SHEPP): findings from a feasibility trial in pre-adolescent school children from a lower middle-income country

 

Baseline

Follow-up

N = 982)

Changea

P valueb

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)

 Intervention

101(10.6)

102.3(11.2)

1.3(12)

 

 Control

107(10.8)

104(9.8)

 − 3.4(11.1)

 < 0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)

 Intervention

67.3(9.3)

70(17.7)

2.2(19.0)

 

 Control

73(8.6)

68.6(8.7)

 − 4.3(9.9)

 < 0.001

Body mass index kg/mb

 Intervention

16.2(3.1)

16.1(6.4)

 − 0.09(5.4)

 

 Control

17.0(3.1)

16.9(5.8)

 − 0.04((4.6)

0.8

Waist circumference (cm)

 Intervention

61.4(7.7)

68(9.5)

6.2

 

 Control

65(8.3)

69(9.1)

3.8

 < 0.001

  1. aChange = follow-up minus baseline cardiovascular outcomes
  2. bP value between change in cardiovascular outcomes between intervention and control