Table 1.

DIAL Participant Characteristics at Baseline

Frequency (column %) and mean values ±SE
	All	Self-directed	10 Call	20 Call	p
N	63	21 (33.3)	21 (33.3)	21 (33.3)
Mean age	49.5 ±1.4	52.3 ±2.5	46.6 ±2.5	49.5 ±2.5	0.27
Sex					0.47
Female (%)	79.4	81.0	85.7	71.4
Race					0.26
White (%)	82.5	95.2	76.2	76.2
Education					0.19
College and/or
Graduate degree (%)	57.8	47.6	54.6	71.4
Currently employed					0.75
Yes (%)	89.1	95.2	81.8	90.5
Job Type					0.93
Professional (%)	45.6	45.0	44.4	47.4
Clerical, labor, other (%)	54.4	55.0	55.6	52.6
Marital Status					0.43
Married/Living together (%)	54.7	61.9	50.0	52.4
Mean weight (kg)	95.3 ±1.5	95.5 ±2.7	93.6 ±2.7	96.7 ±2.7	0.71
Mean BMI (kg/m2)	34.2 ±0.5	34.9 ±0.8	33.9 ±0.8	33.9 ±0.8	0.59
Phy. activity (kcal/wk)	1186.4 (164.3)	1048.4 (285.9)	1463.3 (285.9)	1047.6 (285.9)	0.50
BDI	6.6 ±0.6	6.1 ±1.0	7.7 ±1.0	5.8 ±1.0	0.38
BSQ-16	118.0 ±4.2	122.2 ±7.7	119.1 ±7.3	113.0 ±7.3	0.67
Binge Eating
Any binge (%)	34.9	28.6	38.1	38.1	0.75
Probable binge (%)	14.3	4.8	19.0	19.0	0.37
Self-weighing frequency					0.77
Daily (%)	15.9	14.3	23.8	9.5
Weekly (%)	38.1	42.9	33.3	38.1
Every month or less (%)	46.0	42.9	42.9	52.4
Self-monitoring
Write amount of food Never/rarely (%)	77.6 (n=45)	79.0 (n=15)	84.2 (n=16)	70.0 (n=14)	0.60
Write calories Never/rarely (%)	86.2 (n=50)	84.2 (n=16)	89.5 (n=17)	85.0 (n=17)	0.89
Write exercise Never/rarely (%)	77.6 (n=45)	68.4 (n=13)	84.2 (n=16)	80.0 (n=16)	0.48
Plan meals Never/rarely (%)	48.3 (n=28)	57.9 (n=11)	42.1 (n=8)	45.00 (n=9)	0.58
Plan exercise Never/rarely (%)	46.6 (n=27)	52.6 (n=10)	42.1 (n=8)	45.00 (n=9)	0.80