| Baseline characteristics | Subjects present at T4 (n = 416) | Drop out subjects at T4 (n = 125) | p* |
| Age (years) |
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| Women | 38.8 ± 9.9 | 38.6 ± 10.4 | 0.906 |
| Men | 37.2 ± 10.1 | 37.1 ± 10.0 | 0.936 |
| Sex (%) |
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| Women | 50.0 | 49.6 |
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| Men | 50.0 | 50.4 | 0.937 |
| Location (%) |
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| Rural | 31.0 | 32.8 | 0.001 |
| Semi-urban | 37.3 | 12.8 | |
| Urban | 31.7 | 54.8 | |
| Body mass index | 24.3 ± 5.5 | 23.7 ± 5.3 | 0.328 |
| Waist circumference (cm) |
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|
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| Women | 87.6 ± 13.0 | 88.0 ± 14.7 | 0.883 |
| Men | 82.9 ± 10.9 | 79.9 ± 8.0 | 0.022 |
| Systolic blood pressure | 125.0 ± 18.4 | 124.2 ± 20.7 | 0.701 |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 77.5 ± 13.4 | 76.0 ± 13.2 | 0.217 |
| Fasting glycaemia | 4.8 ± 0.7 | 4.8 ± 1.0 | 0.881 |
| HDL-cholesterol |
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| Women | 1.5 ± 0.4 | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 0.169 |
| Men | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 1.3 ± 0.5 | 0.494 |
| Triglycerides | 0.7 ± 0.4 | 0.8 ± 0.4 | 0.670 |