Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of participants at Month 6 (n = 1393)
| All participants (n = 1393, 100.0%) |
Predom. fruit/other SP users (n = 577, 41.4%) |
Predom. mint SP users (n = 732, 52.5%) |
p-value (Fruit/other vs. mint users)4 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristic 1 | ||||
| Age, mean (SD) | 46.4 (12.4) | 45.8 (12.3) | 46.8 (12.5) | 0.148 |
| Age Category, n (%) | ||||
| 21–34 years | 264 (19.0) | 123 (21.3) | 130 (17.8) | 0.192 |
| 35–54 years | 734 (52.7) | 300 (52.0) | 383 (52.3) | |
| 55 + years | 395 (28.4) | 154 (26.7) | 219 (29.9) | |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||
| Male | 701 (50.3) | 312 (54.1) | 355 (48.5) | 0.126 |
| Female | 688 (49.4) | 263 (45.6) | 375 (51.2) | |
| Non-binary/other | 4 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | |
| Race, n (%) | ||||
| White or Caucasian | 1164 (83.6) | 492 (85.3) | 602 (82.2) | 0.085 |
| Non-White2 | 222 (15.9) | 80 (13.9) | 128 (17.5) | |
| Black or African American | 143 (10.3) | 48 (8.3) | 89 (12.2) | |
| Other or multiple races | 79 (5.7) | 32 (5.5) | 39 (5.3) | |
| Unknown | 7 (0.5) | 5 (0.9) | 2 (0.3) | |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||
| Hispanic | 109 (7.8) | 42 (7.3) | 61 (8.3) | 0.487 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1283 (92.1) | 534 (92.5) | 671 (91.7) | |
| Geographic Region, n (%)3 | ||||
| Midwest | 352 (25.3) | 153 (26.5) | 171 (23.4) | 0.622 |
| Northeast | 210 (15.1) | 86 (14.9) | 113 (15.4) | |
| South | 638 (45.8) | 259 (44.9) | 346 (47.3) | |
| West | 193 (13.9) | 79 (13.7) | 102 (13.9) | |
| Annual Household Income, n (%) | ||||
| Less than $50,000 | 813 (58.4) | 337 (58.4) | 431 (58.9) | 0.983 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 | 435 (31.2) | 180 (31.2) | 230 (31.4) | |
| $100,000 or more | 127 (9.1) | 49 (8.5) | 65 (8.9) | |
| Employment Status, n (%) | ||||
| Currently employed | 841 (60.4) | 342 (59.3) | 456 (62.3) | 0.300 |
| Not currently employed | 550 (39.5) | 233 (40.4) | 276 (37.7) | |
| Level of Education, n (%) | ||||
| Less than a bachelor’s degree | 889 (63.8) | 381 (66.0) | 456 (62.3) | 0.162 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 504 (36.2) | 196 (34.0) | 276 (37.7) | |
| Sexual Orientation, n (%) | ||||
| Heterosexual | 1220 (87.6) | 505 (87.5) | 645 (88.1) | 0.618 |
| Not heterosexual | 165 (11.8) | 70 (12.1) | 82 (11.2) | |
| Veteran Status, n (%) | ||||
| Currently on active duty | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | 0.978 |
| Formerly on active duty | 121 (8.7) | 50 (8.7) | 65 (8.9) | |
| Not a veteran | 1269 (91.1) | 525 (91.0) | 666 (91.0) |
1 Participants could respond don’t know or could decline to answer demographic questions on race, ethnicity, annual household income, employment status, level of education, sexual orientation, and veteran status. These data are not presented due to low incidence. Thus, percentages within a demographic characteristic may not sum to 100.0%
2 Non-White includes participants who reported they were Black, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Asian, another race, or reported multiple races
3 Derived from state of residence based on U.S. Census Bureau geographic region definitions
4 Continuous variables compared using Student’s unpaired t-tests; categorial variables were compared using chi-square tests