Table 5.
Category | Variable | Intervention (N=199) | Control (N=193) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | ||||
Gender | Male | 36 (18.09) | 48 (24.87) | 0.1019 |
Female | 163 (81.91) | 145 (75.13) | ||
Race/ethnicity | Black/African-American | 197 (99.49) | 190 (98.96) | n/a |
Marital status | Married | 89 (44.72) | 111 (57.51) | 0.1907 |
Unmarried | 110 (55.28) | 82 (42.49) | ||
Education | High school or less | 61 (30.65) | 47 (24.35) | 0.4691 |
Some college | 58 (29.15) | 72 (37.31) | ||
College degree | 80 (40.20) | 74 (38.34) | ||
Employment | Employed | 145 (72.86) | 134 (69.43) | 0.4691 |
Not employed | 54 (27.14) | 59 (30.57) | ||
Primary variables | ||||
METS per day* | 34.74 (4.28) | 34.87 (5.25) | 0.7851 | |
Food energy (kcal) | 1968.8 (1584.8) | 2035.2 (1559.2) | 0.3259 | |
Protein (g) | 83.14 (63.97) | 72.94 (55.00) | 0.0933 | |
Total fat (g) | 83.53 (65.59) | 76.28 (62.56) | 0.2671 | |
Saturated fat (g)* | 26.14 (23.33) | 23.69 (20.24) | 0.2708 | |
Cholesterol | 253.59 (227.15) | 217.95 (189.25) | 0.0945 | |
Total trans fatty acids | 5.60 (5.03) | 5.13 (4.75) | 0.3404 | |
Secondary variables | ||||
Average systolic blood pressure* | 128.11 (20.41) | 126.21 (18.40) | 0.4046 | |
Average diastolic blood pressure* | 79.23 (10.08) | 79.88 (9.81) | 0.5789 | |
High-density lipoprotein* | 47.31 (16.15) | 46.72 (15.22) | 0.3280 | |
Low-density lipoprotein* | 109.70 (41.55) | 109.90 (39.59) | 0.2729 | |
Triglyceride* | 123.10 (76.68) | 117.80 (88.92) | 0.4202 | |
Total cholesterol* | 178.86 (44.72) | 180.90 (42.00) | 0.7064 | |
Hemoglobin A1C* | 6.16 (1.02) | 6.17 (1.36) | 0.2144 | |
Body Mass Index* | 34.57 (8.11) | 33.49 (8.26) | 0.2589 | |
Waist-to-hip ratio | 0.88 (0.07) | 0.87 (0.08) | 0.6150 |