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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2011 Oct 30;58(1):303–312. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.10.014

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

Normal-Weight
(n = 16)
Obese
(n = 22)
statistic, p-value
Age 24.6 (4.2) 24.8 (6.7) t=−.11, p=.92
BMI* 22.7 (1.4) 31.6 (4.5) t=−7.62, p<.001
#(%) male 6(37.5%) 11(50%) X=.59, p=.52
% right handed 94% 82% X=5.31 , p=.15
Food Preference
           Low Calorie 3.79(.38) 3.78(.45) t=.05, p=.96
           High Calorie 3.83(.41) 3.74(.62) t=.53, p=.60

For age, BMI, and food preference, values are presented as mean (SD). BMI indicates body mass index, based on height and weight obtained during testing.

*

p < .001.