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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 23.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Jul 14;20(1):147–150. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.217

Table 1. Participants' baseline characteristics.

N=390 Female
(n=311)		 Male
(n=79)
Age, years 51.5 (11.5) 51.4 (11.8) 51.9 (10.5)
Weight, kg 107.7 (18.3) 102.9 (15.2) 126.5 (17.5)
BMI, kg/m2 38.5 (4.7) 38.1 (4.6) 39.8 (5.1)
 BMI <40, N (%) 245 (62.8%) 204 (65.6%) 41 (51.9%)
 BMI ≥ 40, N (%) 145 (37.2%) 107 (34.4%) 38 (48.1%)
Race
Asian, N (%) 4 (1.0) 4 (1.3%) 0 (0.0%)
Black or African American, N (%) 150 (38.5) 132 (42.4%) 19 (24.1%)
White, N (%) 230 (59.0) 170 (54.7%) 60 (75.9%)
More than one race, N (%) 6 (1.5) 6 (1.9) 0 (0.0%)
Hispanic, N (%) 18 (4.6) 13 (4.2%) 5 (6.3%)

Values are mean ± standard deviation, except as otherwise noted.