Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of men and women in the Activity Counseling Trial

	Women (n = 395)		Men (n = 479)
	N	% or Mean ± SD	N	% or Mean ± SD
Age	395	51.2 ± 9.7	479	50.7 (9.6)
Race
White	253	64.4	344	72.6
Black	121	30.8	96	20.3
Other	19	4.8	34	7.2
Education
<High school graduate	33	8.4	14	2.9
High school graduate	61	15.4	30	6.3
Some college	158	40.0	87	18.2
College graduate	76	19.2	155	32.4
Postgraduate	67	17.0	193	40.3
Income (USD, per annum)
<$30,000	135	35.6	56	11.9
$30,000 to <$50,000	91	24.0	61	13.0
$50,000 to <$75,000	63	16.6	97	20.6
$75,000 to <$100,000	40	10.6	85	18.1
$100,000+	50	13.2	172	36.5
Employment status
Employed	275	69.8	40913	85.4
Unemployed	19	4.8	46	2.7
Retired	43	10.9	11	9.6
Homemaker	46	11.7	n/a	2.3
Other	11	2.8	n/a	n/a
Current smoker
Yes	40	10.2	38	7.9
No	353	89.8	441	92.1
BMI (kg/m2)	389	30.4 ± 7.2	475	28.9 ± 5.2
VO2 max (mL/kg/min)	395	20.7 ± 5.4	479	28.8 ± 6.5
Hypertension
Yes	141	35.7	163	34.0
No	254	64.3	316	66.0
Hyperlipidemia
Yes	80	21.2	120	25.8
No	297	78.8	345	74.2

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation; n/a, not applicable; VO₂ max, maximal oxygen uptake.