TABLE 2.
Baseline characteristics of overweight or obese postmenopausal women participating in the vegetable dose study1
| Baseline characteristic | |
| Age, y | 58.6 ± 5.6 |
| Education completed, n (%) | |
| High school or less | 13 (26.5) |
| Some college | 17 (34.7) |
| Completed college | 19 (39.8) |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | |
| White | 33 (67.4) |
| Black, African American | 5 (10.2) |
| Hispanic | 10 (20.4) |
| Other | 1 (2.0) |
| Height, cm | 162.3 ± 6.0 |
| Weight, kg | 84.7 ± 14.4 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 32 ± 5 |
| Body fat, % | 41.5 ± 4.5 |
| Physical activity, MET2h/d | 39 ± 6 |
| Waist:hip ratio | 0.9 ± 0.1 |
| Plasma total cholesterol, mmol/L | 5.2 ± 0.9 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 127 ± 16 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 84 ± 11 |
1
Values are mean ± SD, or (%); n = 49.
2
MET, metabolic equivalent of task.