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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012 Sep;112(9):1347–1355.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.06.012

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of WOMAN Study Participants

Overall (n=481) Intervention (n=241) Control (n=240) p-valuea
Age, years 57.0 ± 2.9 56.8 ± 2.9 57.2 ± 2.9 0.237
% Caucasian 88 90 87 0.249
Body Mass Index, kg/m2 30.8 ± 3.8 30.6 ± 3.8 30.9 ± 3.8 0.412
Weight, kg 81.7 ± 11.5 81.4 ± 11.3 82.0 ± 11.7 0.542
Desserts, servings per month 13.3 ± 9.5 12.3 ± 9.0 14.4 ± 9.9 0.019
Eating at Restaurants, times per month 13.9 ± 9.6 14.1 ± 9.8 13.7 ± 9.3 0.696
Sugar-sweetened Beverages, 12 ounce servings per dayb 0 [0, 1] 0 [0, 1] 0 [0, 1] 0.714
Fried Foods, servings per monthb 7 [2, 12] 7 [2, 12] 7 [2, 12] 0.792
Fish, servings per month 4.1 ± 3.3 4.2 ± 3.4 3.9 ± 3.1 0.292
Meat and Cheese, ounces per day 6.3 ± 2.4 6.3 ± 2.6 6.2 ± 2.3 0.568
Fruits and Vegetables, servings per day 4.1 ± 1.9 4.2 ± 1.8 4.2 ± 1.9 0.405
Leisure time physical activity, MET-hours/weekb 11.1 [5.3, 20.3] 10.7 [5.9, 19.9] 11.5 [4.9, 21.5] 0.533

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise specified

a

Comparison across intervention groups by t test, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, or the chi-square test as appropriate

b

Median [interquartile range]