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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2013 Oct 25;75(9):863–872. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000000

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Sample by BMI Class

NW OW OB1 OB2+ Test p NWvOW NWvOB1 NWvOB2 OWvOB1 OWvOB2 OB1vOB2
Age 38.6±12.8 44.6±13.0 44.4±12.8 43.3±12.7 F(3,658)=7.95 <0.001 <.001* <0.001* <0.001* 0.87 0.33 0.47
Sex X2(3)=10.63 0.014 0.11 0.73 0.11 0.065 0.001 0.26
 Male 54(32.0) 75(40.1) 40(30.1) 42(24.3)
 Female 115(68.0) 112(59.9) 93(69.9) 131(75.7)
Race X2(6)=3.85 0.70
 White 114(69.5) 121(66.9) 88(68.8) 105(62.9)
 Black 38(23.2) 49(27.1) 34(26.6) 53(31.7)
 Other 12(7.3) 11(6.1) 6(4.7) 9(5.4)
Hispanic 19(11.2) 26(13.9) 31(23.3) 25(14.5) X2(3)=9.13 0.028 0.45 0.005 0.38 0.030 0.88 0.047
Employed 76(45.0) 102(54.5) 67(50.4) 85(49.1) X2(3)=3.31 0.35
Education 14.1±2.9 14.1±3.1 13.4±2.7 13.3±2.9 F(3,634)=3.17 0.024 0.88 0.046 0.04 0.071 0.022 0.71
Income 2643±4215 2320±3115 2326±2778 3324±8569 X2(3)=2.52 0.47
Care Setting X2(3)=29.97 <0.001 0.007 <0.001* <0.001* 0.060 0.015 0.71
 Primary 61(36.1) 94(50.3) 81(60.9) 109(63.0)
 Specialty 108(63.9) 93(49.7) 52(39.1) 64(37.0)

NOTE Chi-square for continuous measures indicates Kruskal-Wallis test.

*

Significant after Bonferroni correction (p<.0083).