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Published in final edited form as: Ann Behav Med. 2011 Apr;41(2):252–263. doi: 10.1007/s12160-010-9240-2

Table 2.

Means, standard deviations, and frequencies of participant characteristics by condition

	Minimal (n = 34)				Nondirective (n = 35)				Directive (n = 35)				Test of significant differences (p)
	M	SD	n	%	M	SD	n	%	M	SD	n	%	Test of significant differences (p)
Age (years)	46.76	9.58			42.91	7.52			46.57	8.53			0.11
Weight (kg)	87.27	12.52			90.88	15.14			85.67	13.33			0.27
BMI	32.04	3.81			32.60	4.58			31.56	4.61			0.61
Gender													0.77
Women			29	85.30			28	80.00			30	85.70
Men			5	14.70			7	20.00			5	14.30
Ethnicity													0.20
Caucasian			26	76.47			27	77.14			21	60.00
Non-Caucasian			8	23.53			8	22.86			14	40.00
Education													0.70
Grade 12 or GED			0	0.00			1	2.86			1	2.86
College 1 to 3 years			8	23.53			11	31.43			12	34.29
College ≥4 years			26	76.47			23	65.71			22	62.86
Marital status													0.80
Married/partnered			24	70.59			23	65.71			24	68.57
Divorced			6	17.65			6	17.14			6	17.14
Widowed			1	2.94			0	0.00			0	0.00
Never married			3	8.82			6	17.14			5	14.29