Table 1 Participants’ characteristics from baseline to endline (N = 1,376)
Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
MetSa | Â |
 No | 982 (71.4) |
 Yes | 394 (28.6) |
Body Mass Index (BMI)b | Â |
 Underweight | 116 (8.4) |
 Normal | 545 (39.6) |
 Overweight | 257 (18.7) |
 Obese | 458 (33.3) |
Ageb | Â |
 < 50 | 1080 (78.5) |
 ≥ 50 | 296 (21.5) |
Sexb | Â |
 Male | 464 (33.7) |
 Female | 912 (66.3) |
Health Insurance Ownershipb | Â |
 Public | 479 (34.81) |
 Private | 14 (1.02) |
 Public and Private | 20 (1.45) |
 None | 863 (62.72) |
Occupationb | Â |
 Civil servant | 485 (35.25) |
 Housemaid | 437 (31.76) |
 College Students | 31 (2.25) |
 Self-employed | 110 (7.99) |
 Private sector | 11 (0.8) |
 Labor | 54 (3.92) |
 Others | 16 (1.16) |
 Not working | 232 (16.86) |
Educational Backgroundb | Â |
 No formal education | 11 (0.8) |
 Did not complete primary school | 125 (9.08) |
 Primary school | 313 (22.75) |
 Secondary school | 852 (61.92) |
 University | 75 (5.45) |
Smoking habit b | Â |
 Never smoked | 676 (49.1) |
 Ex-smoker | 227 (16.5) |
 Smoke | 473 (34.4) |
Smoking intensity b | Â |
 Not smoking | 960 (69.8) |
 1–9 cigarette(s) per day | 226 (16.4) |
 10–19 cigarettes per day | 160 (11.6) |
 ≥ 20 cigarettes per day | 30 (2.18) |
Stress b | Â |
 No | 798 (58.0) |
 Yes | 578 (42.0) |
Physical activity b | Â |
 Overall physical activity |  |
  Sufficient | 1246 (90.5) |
  Insufficient | 130 (9.5) |
 Intention to physical exercise |  |
  Sufficient | 158 (11.5) |
  Insufficient | 1218 (88.5) |