Table 3 Risk factor differences between Problem-based learning (PBL)- group (N = 79) and home-sent patient information- group (N = 78)
na | Baseline PBL-group mean (SD) or n (%) | Baseline Home-sent patient information-group mean (SD) or n (%) | One-year follow-up PBL-group mean (SD) or n (%) | One-year follow-up Home-sent patient information-group mean (SD) or n (%) | Baseline - One-year follow-up mean difference (SD) or (%) PBL group | Baseline - One-year follow-up mean difference (SD) or (%) Home-sent patient information-group | P-value on mean difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Body weight, kg | 113 | 81.8 (13.5) | 83.3 (18.1) | 81.0 (13.0) | 84.4 (17.7) | −0.83 (4.45) | 1.14 (4.85) | 0,026 |
BMI | 101 | 26.9 (3.3) | 27.6 (5.2) | 26.7 (3.6) | 28.1 (5.0) | −0.17 (1.5) | 0.50 (1.6) | 0.033 |
Waist circumference, cm | 67 | 99 (9.8) | 101 (14) | 100 (12) | 102 (14) | 1.6 (6.6) | 1.5 (4.6) | 0.931 |
Tobacco smoking | 121 | 9 (11) | 10 (13) | 4 (5.1) | 8 (10) | 0.240b | ||
Systolic BP, mmHg | 119 | 125 (17) | 128 (18) | 134 (19) | 136 (18) | 8.5 (19) | 7.6 (17) | 0.787 |
Diastolic BP, mmHg | 118 | 72 (8.8) | 74 (10) | 75 (11) | 76 (11) | 3.4 (11) | 1.6 (11) | 0.392 |
Heart rate, b.p.m. | 76 | 63 (11) | 64 (12) | 61 (10) | 65 (14) | −2.7 (11) | 0.9 (13) | 0.202 |
Total cholesterol, mmol/L | 114 | 3.9 (0.8) | 4.0 (1.0) | 4.1 (1.1) | 3.9 (1.0) | 0.2 (1.2) | −0.1 (0.7) | 0.140 |
HDL-cholesterol, mmol/L | 112 | 1.3 (0.4) | 1.3 (0.5) | 1.4 (0.4) | 1.2 (0.4) | 0.1 (0.7) | 0.0 (0.3) | 0.038 |
LDL-cholesterol, mmol/L | 110 | 2.0 (0.6) | 2.1 (0.8) | 2.1 (0.8) | 2.1 (0.8) | 0.1 (0.9) | 0.0 (0.7) | 0.373 |
Triglycerides, mmol/L | 112 | 1.3 (0.6) | 1.3 (0.6) | 1.2 (0.8) | 1.3 (0.7) | 0.0 (0.8) | 0.0 (0.5) | 0.631 |
Fasting Glucose, mmol/L | 109 | 6.1 (1.2) | 5.9 (0.8) | 6.0 (1.4) | 6.0 (1.1) | −0.1 (1.3) | 0.1 (1.2) | 0.347 |