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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Jul 4.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2024 Aug 27;49(1):76–83. doi: 10.1038/s41366-024-01617-0

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of randomized participants (n = 329), total and by treatment condition.

Get Social
n = 167
Traditional
n = 162
Total
n = 329
p-value
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Age – Mean (SD) 45.3 (11.2) 45.5 (11.6) 45.4 (11.4) 0.87
BMI – Mean (SD) 34.9 (4.7) 35.1 (4.4) 35.0 (4.6) 0.68
Female 136 (81.4%) 132 (81.5%) 268 (81.5%) 0.99
Hispanic/Latino ethnicity 8 (4.8%) 8 (4.9%) 16 (4.9%) 0.61
Race
 Caucasian; non-Hispanic White 152 (91.0%) 150 (92.6%) 302 (91.8%)
 Non-White 15 (9.0%) 12 (7.4%) 27 (8.2%) 0.60
Marital status
 Married 114 (68.3%) 96 (59.3%) 219 (63.8%)
 Living with a partner to whom I’m not married 11 (6.6%) 20 (12.4%) 31 (9.4%)
 Single 26 (15.6%) 26 (16.1%) 52 (15.8%) 0.21
 Widowed/Divorced/Separated 16 (9.6%) 20 (12.4%) 36 (10.9%)
Education
 High school degree/G.E.D./equivalent 6 (3.6%) 8 (4.9%) 14 (4.3%)
 Trade school/Some College/Associates Degree 53 (31.7%) 56 (34.6%) 109 (33.1%)
 Bachelor’s degree/ Some graduate school 47 (28.1%) 50 (30.9%) 97 (29.5%) 0.58
 Master’s degree/Doctoral degree/Professional degree 61 (36.5%) 48 (29.6%) 109 (33.1%)
Employment Status
 Employed full-time 124 (74.3%) 126 (77.8%) 250 (76.0%)
 Employed part-time 28 (16.8%) 19 (11.7%) 47 (14.3%) 0.41
 Other employment status 15 (9.0%) 17 (10.5%) 32 (9.7%)