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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Promot. 2024 Feb 14;38(6):797–808. doi: 10.1177/08901171241234136

Table 2.

Sociodemographic Differences in Weight Concern Scores.

Black/African American White p-value
(n=132) (n=159)
Weight Concern Scale score (Mean (SD)) 30.5(11.7) 32.3(12.2) 0.203
'Why Do You Smoke?' score (Mean (SD)) 13.7(5.7) 14.2(5.5) 0.471
Return to Smoking measure (N, % answering yes to any question) 37(28.0%) 71(44.7%) 0.004
"Why Do You Smoke?" category   0.464
 Greater than or equal to a score of 22 (N, %) 13(9.9%) 21(13.2%)
 Score 8–21 (N, %) 97(73.5%) 118(74.2%)
 Score less than or equal to 7 (N, %) 22(16.7%) 20(12.6%)

Men Women p-value
(n=98) (n=207)
Weight Concern Scale score (Mean (SD)) 27.3(10.9) 33.5(11.8) <0.001
'Why Do You Smoke?' score (Mean (SD)) 11.8(4.3) 15(5.8) <0.001
Return to Smoking measure (N, % answering yes to any question) 39(39.8%) 75(36.2%) 0.548
"Why Do You Smoke?" category   0.002
 Greater than or equal to a score of 22 (N, %) 3(3.1%) 32(15.5%)
 Score 8–21 (N, %) 76(77.6%) 152(73.4%)
 Score less than or equal to 7 (N, %) 19(19.4%) 23(11.1%)

Healthy Weight Overweight Obesity p-value
(n=40) (n=100) (n=165)
Weight Concern Scale score (Mean (SD)) 26.9(13.3) 31.4(12.1) 32.6(11.1) 0.024
'Why Do You Smoke?' score (Mean (SD)) 12.4(5.5) 13.1(5.9) 14.9(5.3) 0.006
Return to Smoking measure (N, % answering yes to any question) 11(27.5%) 49(49.0%) 54(32.7%) 0.011
"Why Do You Smoke?" category   0.024
 Greater than or equal to a score of 22 (N, %) 3(7.5%) 10(10.0%) 22(13.3%)
 Score 8–21 (N, %) 28(70.0%) 70(70.0%) 130(78.8%)
 Score less than or equal to 7 (N, %) 9(22.5%) 20(20.0%) 13(7.9%)

Notes: p-values had to be less than 0.0167 to be statistically significant after applying the Bonferroni correction