Table 4.

Baseline Characteristics of Enrolled Participants.

Part a. Qualitative Variables		FBAS		Health Education		Overall		p-value*
		n = 317		n = 287		n = 604
		n	%	n	%	n	%
	Female	267	84.2	237	82.6	504	83.4
Education	Some High School or Less	10	3.2	9	3.1	19	3.1
	High School Diploma	40	12.6	41	14.3	81	13.4
	Some College	112	35.3	85	29.6	197	32.6
	College Degree	70	22.1	70	24.4	140	23.2
	Some Graduate or
	Professional School	17	5.4	22	7.7	39	6.5
	Graduate or Professional Degree	68	21.5	60	20.9	128	21.2	.635
Marital Status	Married	162	51.4	150	53.0	312	52.2
	Single	69	21.9	64	22.6	133	22.2
	Widowed	9	2.9	10	3.5	19	3.2
	Divorced	68	21.6	47	16.6	115	19.2
	Other	7	2.2	12	4.2	19	3.2	.386
Employment Status	Unemployed	50	16.2	37	13.2	87	14.8
	Disabled	10	3.2	8	2.8	18	3.1
	Full-Time	223	72.4	219	77.9	442	75.0
	Part-Time	25	8.1	17	6.0	42	7.1	.477
Parent with Diabetes	Yes	121	38.2	123	42.9	244	40.4
	No	196	61.8	164	57.1	360	59.6	.241
History of Gestational Diabetes	Yes	12	3.8	19	6.6	31	5.1
	No or N/A	305	96.2	268	93.4	573	94.9	.115

Part b. Quantitative Variables	FBAS		Health Education		Overall		p-value**
	n = 317		n = 287		n = 604
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age (years)	46.6	10.913	46.4	10.873	46.5	10.885	.825
Weight (kg)	98.4	21.021	99.0	22.117	98.7	21.532	.751
BMI (kg/m2)	35.8	7.023	35.7	7.596	35.7	7.294	.828
Waist Circumference (cm)	107.8	14.955	106.8	15.913	107.3	15.413	.406
A1C	5.8	.478	5.8	.482	5.8	.480	.330
Fasting Plasma Glucose (mg/dl)	90.1	9.967	89.9	9.403	90.0	9.696	.812

^*Chi-square test of homogeneity of Arm proportions.

^**T-test of equality of Arm means.