. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 28.

Published in final edited form as: J Black Psychol. 2011 Mar 4;38(1):81–103. doi: 10.1177/0095798411403618

Table 1.

Pretreatment Demographic and Anthropomorphic Characteristics by SOC and Setting

	University (N = 36)			Church (N = 19)

	Contemplators (n = 13)	Actors (n = 17)	Maintainers (n = 6)	Contemplators (n = 4)	Actors (n = 9)	Maintainers (n = 6)
Age (M ± SD years)	37.08 ± 9.26	40.35 ± 8.09	45.83 ± 7.52	47.50 ± 6.14	36.67 ± 10.17	43.50 ± 9.40
Education (%)
High school	0.00	17.65	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
College	58.33	52.94	60.00	50.00	66.67	66.67
Graduate school	41.67	29.41	40.00	50.00	33.33	33.33
BMI (M ± SD)	38.87 ± 4.37	35.26 ± 5.38	35.75 ± 6.29	33.32 ± 6.39	34.09 ± 3.79	32.20 ± 1.93
Number of sessions attended	11.08 ± 2.14	10.53 ± 1.70	11.84 ± 1.17	12.25 ± 0.50	11.78 ± 0.97	11.83 ± 0.75
VO₂max (mL/kg/min)	19.92 ± 3.76	21.64 ± 5.79	19.39 ± 3.50	18.62 ± 3.86	19.92 ± 4.02	19.90 ± 4.33

Note: High school = attended and/or graduated high school; college = attended and/or graduated college; graduate school = attended and/or graduated graduate school; SOC = stage of change; BMI = body mass index.