The Effect of Base Theory Educational Intervention on Health-Promoting Lifestyle in Women Susceptible to Cardiovascular Diseases: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Table 5

Comparison of mean blood pressure, blood sugar, and smoking in the experimental and control groups before and after intervention.

Variables	Group	Before the intervention	The intervention 6 months after	Mean difference	value
Systolic blood pressure	Experimental	131.41 ± 15.67	121.02 ± 14.58	10.39 ± 1.09
	Control	132.16 ± 15.82	132.60 ± 15.68	0.44 ± 0.14
	value	0.166	0.001
Diastolic blood pressure	Experimental	80.72 ± 9.37	74.36 ± 7.65	80.72 ± 1.72
	Control	82.36 ± 9.24	82.57 ± 9.29	0.21 ± 0.05
	value	0.082	0.001
Blood sugar	Experimental	138.8 ± 65.4	127.6 ± 60.7	11.2 ± 4.7
	Control	140.5 ± 68.6	138.4 ± 64.5	2.1 ± 4.1
	value	0.338	0.001
Tobacco use	Experimental	7.12 ± 3.75	6.08 ± 3.69	1.04 ± 0.06
	Control	6.83 ± 3.90	6.86 ± 3.91	0.03 ± 0.01
	value	0.184	0.001