Ratios Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Health Behaviors

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Cardiovascular risk factors and health behaviors are the two study groups in this study.

The total risk score at 4.14 is the greatest relative difference and is significant because it is greater than the

Stress management at -0.65 is the least relative difference. It is significant because it is greater than the

The assumptions for conducting the t-test are: distribution of scores are normal or approximately normally distributed, the dependent variables are measured at interval or ratio levels, the groups examined for differences are dependent based on matching or subjects serving as their own control, and the differences between the paired scores are dependent. This study met all the assumptions in respects to being normally or approximately normally distributed, dependent variables were measured at intervals with paired test, group was examined based on subjects serving as their own control, and differences were examined with paired scoring.

5. The results of Exercise in this study fluctuated for the long-term in increasing at 3 months and decreasing after 6 months, but is not considered significant because the p value is

6. The smallest significant t ratio in Table 2 is BMI at 6 months with a paired t ratio at -0.80 because the other significant scores are higher.

7. Larger't ratios are more likely to be significant because the p values are usually larger with groups that have a greater amount of similarity.

8. The health promotion has a significant effect on the systolic BP because it declined 4.5 from pretest to 3 months and 1.6 from 3 months to 6 months and the 6-month paired score at 1.66 with a p value