From: Mixed methods evaluation of an employer-led, free lunch initiative in Northern Ireland
IS (n 17) | P-valuea | CS (n 14) | P-valuea | IS vs CS P-valueb | ||||
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Baseline | Change | Baseline | Change | |||||
Change in health measures and EQ-5D score | ||||||||
Age | Mean SD | 44.6 8.4 | – | – | 47.7 7.6 | – | – | 0.30 |
Job type office | N (%) | 4 (23.5) | – | – | 4 (28.6) | – | – | 0.75 |
manual | N (%) | 13 (76.5) | – | – | 10 (71.4) | – | ||
Height (cm) | Mean SD | 165.0 8.4 | – | – | 168.6 8.5 | – | – | 0.24 |
Weight (kg) | Mean SD | 80.7 23.9 | −0.4 1.5 | 0.32 | 75.4 14.2 | 0.6 2.0 | 0.24 | 0.11 |
BMI (kg/m2) | Mean SD | 29.4 7.7 | −0.09 1.0 | 0.71 | 26.4 3.8 | 0.3 0.7 | 0.22 | 0.28 |
WC (cm) | Mean SD | 93.4 20.6 | 0.9 4.6 | 0.43 | 89.8 13.0 | 0.3 3.3 | 0.70 | 0.71 |
SBP mmHg | Mean SD | 124.1 11.4 | −0.3 17.8 | 0.95 | 130.6 14.1 | −4.9 10.3 | 0.10 | 0.40 |
DBP mmHg | Mean SD | 75.7 8.6 | −0.1 13.7 | 0.97 | 79.3 12.4 | −2.0 6.4 | 0.25 | 0.62 |
EQ-5D (total) | Mean SD | 23.9 1.5 | 0.2 0.7 | 0.27 | 24.4 1.4 | 0.2 0.7 | 0.27 | 0.92 |
EQ-5D (%) | Mean SD | 75.9 13.1 | −4.1 13.8 | 0.24 | 83.2 9.5 | 1.0 12.3 | 0.78 | 0.31 |