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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2008 Sep 5;4(6):721–728. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2008.08.022

Table 1.

Demographic and Anthropometric Characteristics of LABS-2 Participants by Physical Activity Assessment Status

Included in PA assessment
Characteristic Total (N=1343) No (N=586) Yes (N=757)
N mean± SD N mean± SD N mean± SD p*
Age (years) 1332 44.4±11.1 578 44.2±10.8 754 44.6±11.2 .52
missing 11 8 3
BMI (kg/m2) 1337 47.8±7.9 581 48.4±8.2 756 47.4±7.6 .03
missing 6 5 1
N % N % N % p**
Race .13
missing 11 4 7
 White 1157 86.9 494 84.9 663 88.4
 Black 127 9.5 66 11.3 61 8.1
 Other 48 3.6 22 3.8 26 3.5
Hispanic 73 5.4 29 5.0 44 5.8 .49
missing 3 2 1
Male 281 21.0 128 21.9 153 20.2 .46
missing 2 1 1
Married/living as married 783 62.2 314 59.9 469 63.9 .15
missing 85 62 23
Education level .18
missing 84 63 21
 Some high school 45 3.6 24 4.6 21 2.9
 High school diploma or GED 247 19.6 102 19.5 145 19.7
 Some college 514 40.8 221 42.3 293 39.8
 College diploma 268 21.3 97 18.5 171 23.2
 Graduate/professional degree 185 14.7 79 15.1 106 14.4
Employed full-time for pay 743 59.2 291 55.6 452 61.7 .03
missing 88 63 25
Household income .03
missing 112 73 39
 <$25,000 236 19.2 120 23.4 116 16.2
 $25,000-$49,000 323 26.2 133 25.9 190 26.5
 $50,000-$74,999 294 23.9 112 21.8 182 25.3
 $75,000-$99,999 183 14.9 69 13.5 114 15.9
 ≥$100,000 195 15.9 79 15.4 116 16.1
*

T-test. Log of BMI was used in t-test to meet assumption of normality.

**

Chi Square test.