Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants in the Lifestyle Intervention and Diabetes Support and Education groups.

Variable	Lifestyle Intervention (N=2570)	Diabetes Support and Education (N=2575)
Age (yr)	58.6 ± 6.8	58.9 ± 6.9
Height (cm)	167.2 ± 9.6	167.3 ± 9.9
Weight (kg)	100.5 ± 19.7	100.9 ± 18.8
Body mass index (kg/m2)	35.9 ± 6.0	36.0 ± 5.8
Sex (% female)	1524 (59.3%)	1534 (59.6%)
Ethnicity/race
White	1618 (63.1%)	1628 (63.4%)
African American/Black	398 (15.5%)	405 (15.8%)
Hispanic	338 (13.2%)	337 (13.1%)
Native American/Alaskan Native	131 (5.1%)	129 (5.0%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	29 (1.1%)	21 (0.8%)
Other	49 (1.9%)	49 (1.9%)