Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants by age-group, Monell Sweet Preference Study, Philadelphia, PA, 2002–2006
| Age-group |
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| Children, (n = 356) | Adolescents, (n = 169) | Adults, (n = 424) | |
| Sociodemographic data | |||
| Age, years: mean (SD), range | 7.8 (1.3), 5–9.9 | 12.8 (2.6), 10–19.9 | 34.1 (7.1), 20–55 |
| Gender: n (female:male) | 199:157 | 96:73 | 417:7 |
| Race/ethnicity: n (% of age-group) | |||
| White | 127 (36) | 25 (15) | 135 (32) |
| Black | 174 (49) | 109 (64) | 233 (55) |
| Hispanic/Latino/Latina | 2 (0.6) | 3 (2) | 15 (3.5) |
| Asian | 0 | 3 (2) | 9 (2) |
| Other/unknown | 53 (15) | 29 (17) | 32 (7.5) |
| BMI categorya: n (% of age-group) | |||
| Underweight | 12 (3) | 2 (1) | 11 (3) |
| Healthy/normal | 243 (68) | 94 (56) | 152 (36) |
| Overweight | 45 (13) | 41 (24) | 107 (25) |
| Obese | 56 (16) | 30 (18) | 152 (36) |
| Unknown | 0 | 2 (1) | 2 (0.5) |
| Socioeconomic data, adults only | |||
| Highest education level: n (% of adults) | |||
| Some High school | 32 (8) | ||
| High school/technical school graduate | 118 (28) | ||
| Some college | 144 (34) | ||
| Graduated college or higher | 120 (28) | ||
| Unknown | 10 (2) | ||
| Income level: n (% of adults) | |||
| <$20 000 | 118 (28) | ||
| $20 000–$49 999 | 169 (40) | ||
| >$50 000 | 122 (29) | ||
| Unknown | 15 (3) | ||
SD, standard deviation; BMI (kg/m2).
a
BMI categorization follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pediatric growth charts for children and adolescents (Kuczmarski et al. 2002) and standard BMI categories for adults (NHLBI Obesity Initiative Task Force 1998): underweight (<18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (18.5–24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2) and obese (30.0 kg/m2).