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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Educ Behav. 2012 Mar 9;44(6):530–538. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2011.09.002

Table 1.

Socioeconomic Data and Fruit and Vegetable Intake for Body & Soul Participants (n=562)

Variable Early
Intervention
(Treatment)
(n= 273)
Delayed
Intervention
(Comparison)
(n= 289)
Overall
(n= 562)

Age (mean, range) 51.4 (18–86) 51.9 (18–95) 51.6

Gender
  % Female 75.0 73.2 74.0

Marital Status
  % Married or living with a partner 53.4 53.0 53.0

Income (%) *
  <$30,000 26.0 31.5 28.8
  $30,000–$49,999 16.1 19.7 18.0
  ≥$50,000 48.7 33.9 41.1

Education (%) *
  <High school 23.2 37.8 30.6
  Some college or vocational 29.5 28.8 29.1
  Completed college or higher 47.2 33.5 40.3

Baseline Fruit and Vegetable Intake (servings/day)*
  2-item measure 5.7 5.1 5.4
  9-item measure 4.9 4.0 4.4
*

Difference between early intervention and delayed intervention group were significant at P<.001.