TABLE 2.
Baseline characteristics of study participants1
| Cohort | Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | |||||
| Participants | 17 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 72 |
| Ethnicity/ancestry23 | |||||
| European | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| Hispanic | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| North Asian | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| South Asian | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| African | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 14 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 53 |
| Male | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| Age, y | 23 ± 3 | 27 ± 5 | 23 ± 4 | 22 ± 3 | 24 ± 4 |
| BMI ,4kg/m2 | 23 ± 2 | 24 ± 2 | 23 ± 2 | 22 ± 3 | 23 ± 3 |
1
Values are n or means ± SD.
2
Self-reported ethnicity/ancestry.
3
Nationalities for European included Russian/Kazakhstan and American; Hispanic included South American and Mexican; North Asian included Chinese and Korean; South Asian included Indian, Vietnamese, Sri Lankan, Thai, Cambodian/Chinese/Malaysian, and Philipino; and African included American, African/Puerto Rican, African/European/Italian, and African/Mexican.
4
The mean of wk 0, 4, and 7 or 8 was used for each participant.