TABLE 2.

Anthropometrics and Demographics of the Workplace Population Compared to That of the Study Participants

		Workplace Population	Study Participants
Gender	Men	70.4%	75%
	Women	29.6%	25%
Age	Year ± SE (ranges: program completers: 29–58 yrs; dropouts: 29–54 yrs)	41.76 ± 0.66	42.78 ± 1.53
Tenure	Years ± SE	12.46 ± 0.44	14.94 ± 0.89
Anthropometrics	Weight: pounds ± SE	207.087 ± 3.86	233.24 ± 8.16
	BMI: kg/m2 ± SE	31.57 ± 0.48	33.29 ± 0.82
	Waist (men): inch ± SE	41.05 ± 0.69	43.79 ± 1.07
	Waist (women): inch ± SE	36.01 ± 0.91	36.79 ± 1.23
Race	White, European Decent	71.0%	64.7%
	African American/black	17.3%	11.8%
	American Indian, Alaska Native	3.1%	0%
	Asian, Asian American: includes Filipino, Korean, Chinese, Pacific Islander, etc	0.6%	0%
	Others	8.0%	23.5%
	Latino or of Hispanic origin or descent (answered yes: includes Puerto Rican, Cuban American, Mexican American, etc)	7.4%	23.5%
Education	Less than high school	0.6%	0%
	High school or GED	32.1%	17.6%
	Some college or college degree (2- or 4-yr college)	59.7%	82.3%
	Graduate degree	6.3%	0%
Job class	CO, CTO, Counselor (frontline staff)	69.8%	76.5%
	Lieutenant, captain, deputy warden, supervisors	14.5%	11.8%
	Support staff, medical staff	13.8%	11.8%

CO, corrections officer; CTO, corrections training officer; GED, General Educational Development.