Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of participants randomized to weight maintenance phase (Phase II) of WLM (n = 1032) compared with those WLM participants completing the food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) at all four time points (n=828)

		All Men		All Women		FFQ	Men w/FFQ		Women w/FFQ
	Total	AA	Non-AA	AA	Non-AA	Total	AA	Non-AA	AA	Non-AA
Number of participants	1032	121	257	267	387	828	98	213	197	320
Completed FFQ, %
Baseline	98.9	98.4	99.2	98.1	99.5
6 months	97.6	96.7	97.3	95.5	99.5
12 months	91.7	92.6	93.4	87.6	93.0
30 months	84.9	86.8	90.3	79.8	84.2
All four time points	80.2	81.0	82.9	73.8	82.7
Baseline age, mean, y	55.6	53.1	53.1	57.8	56.7	56.0	53.6	57.9	53.4	57.0
Baseline age range, y						28–83	31–77	33–83	28–74	37–78
Hispanic, %	1.0	0.0	2.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.3	0.0	1.0
Education Level, %
Some college or less	38.7	30.6	28.0	44.9	43.9	37.7	29.6	27.2	44.2	43.1
College degree	21.9	32.2	19.5	19.9	21.7	22.5	31.6	19.7	22.8	21.3
Post-college	39.4	37.2	52.5	35.2	34.4	39.9	38.8	53.1	33.0	35.6
Annual household income, %
<$30,000	7.7	2.5	3.9	14.1	7.4	7.3	3.1	3.8	13.2	7.2
$30,000–$59,000	34.9	23.6	24.9	44.0	38.8	35.4	23.5	23.5	45.7	40.6
$60,000–$89,999	31.6	39.2	31.1	29.9	30.8	31.3	38.8	32.4	28.4	30.0
≥$90,000	25.8	34.7	40.1	12.1	23.1	26.1	34.7	40.4	12.7	22.2

AA = African American

Non-AA = Non-African American or Caucasian