Table 3.

Comparing personal characteristics of phase I and study sampling frame members who were screened as study ineligible or eligible.

	phase I screened		study screened
	not eligible	eligible	not eligible	eligible
N	1308	312	4353	2098
% female	54.9	59.6	58.4	70.3***
average age	58.0	56.2***	57.5	56.6***
% education ≥ BA	46.7	58.2***
% employed	67.6	73.6*
% non-Hispanic White	93.2	92.6
% with spouse	77.4	78.0
% ≥ $50k / year income	68.7	69.0
% moderate PA 5+ days/wk	21.9	31.3***	22.9	29.6***
% vigorous PA 3+ days/wk	26.5	44.8***	25.2	31.7***
% active 2+ days/wk	68.7	100***	74.2	100***
% newly active	11.0	68.0***	10.9	78.6***
% full PA recovery	1.6	29.2***	1.4	17.0***
% partial PA recovery	0.4	2.9***	0.4	4.4***
BMI	27.5	27.8
% excellent, very good health	49.5	57.8**
% high cholesterol	44.9	44.2
% hypertension	34.4	30.5
% diabetes	7.4	8.0
% lower body arthritis	20.3	21.2
% health improved prior yr	10.1	33.3***
% health declined prior yr	12.7	11.2
% with medical event prior yr	16.1	20.2+

^***p<.001,

^**p<.01,

^*p<.05,

⁺p<.10