Characteristics of Turkish people aged 45 and over participating in the health promotion programmes*
| Analysed group | Lost to follow up or poor compliance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy & Vital (n=54) | Control (n=38) | Healthy & Vital (n=20) | Control (n=14) | |
| *Groups differed with statistical significance regarding size of household (p=0.025; F statistic), with smaller households in the loss to follow up groups, but not regarding any other characteristic, with χ2 tests or F tests in analyses of variance. | ||||
| Nunber (%) men | 12 (22) | 11 (29) | 2 (10) | 3 (21) |
| Mean (SD) age | 54.8 (7.5) | 54.2 (5.5) | 54.3 (4.8) | 54.5 (6.3) |
| Number (%) aged 45–54 years | 28 (52) | 20 (53) | 10 (50) | 7 (50) |
| Mean (SD) number of years living in the Netherlands | 22.6 (6.9) | 25.5 (5.2) | 23.6 (4.0) | 26.1 (3.3) |
| Mean (SD) size of household | 3.2 (1.5) | 3.5 (1.8) | 2.5 (1.2) | 2.4 (1.1) |
| No (%) not completed Turkish primary school | 28 (58) | 20 (53) | 13 (81) | 8 (57) |
| No (%) with a Dutch diploma | 4 (9) | 3 (8) | – (–) | 1 (7) |
| No (%) with considerable difficulties in speaking Dutch | 24 (44) | 21 (55) | 10 (50) | 7 (50) |
| No (%) with at least ⩾20 min strenuous physical activity /wk | ||||
| in summer | 21 (39) | 16 (42) | 5 (25) | 9 (64) |
| in winter | 18 (33) | 15 (40) | 5 (25) | 7 (50) |