pped to 57.7 percent. The change in sample proportions for the comparison group was less substantial than tat in the education group, although the change was in the same direction. In the baseline measurements, 74.7 percent of the individuals included in the comparison group were female, while, the proportion dropped to 72.6 percent in the followup measurements. The differences between the changes for the two sample groups were not found to be statistically significant at p<.05; however, the differences between baseline and followup measurements for both sample groups were found to be statistically significant at p<.05.
When formal education levels were considered, cholesterol levels for women in the comparison group with high school or less education were, on the averaged lowered by more than twice the amount for women with high school or less education in the education group (38.47 milligrams per deciliter compared to 18.03). For men in this group, the difference was almost as dramatic (34.68 millig
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