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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2013 Mar 7;9(6):926–935. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2013.01.023

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics

Total
(n=2458)
Female
(n=1931)
Male
(n=527)
p*
Age (years) median (quartiles) 46 (37,54) 45 (36, 54) 48 (39, 57) <.0001
Race a 0.0005
 White 2102(86.2) 1623(84.6) 479(91.8)
 Black 256(10.5) 224(11.7) 32(6.1)
 Multi-race 49(2.0) 43(2.2) 6(1.1)
 Other 33(1.4) 28(1.5) 5(1.0)
Ethnicity b 0.09
 Hispanic 119(4.8) 101(5.2) 18(3.4)
 Non-Hispanic 2337(95.2) 1829(94.8) 508 (96.6)
Marital status c 0.0002
 Never married or lived as married 367(16.2) 295(16.6) 72(14.8)
 Married/living as married 1444(63.8) 1096(61.6) 348(71.6)
 Separated/no longer living as married 82(3.6) 70(3.9) 12(2.5)
 Divorced 320(14.1) 269(15.1) 51(10.5)
 Widowed 51(2.3) 48(2.7) 3(0.6)
Employment status d <0.0001
 Work for pay 1551 (68.7) 1223(68.9) 328(67.9)
 Homemaker 108(4.8) 107(6.0) 1(0.2)
 Disabled 338(15.0) 255(14.4) 83(17.2)
 Unemployed 86(3.8) 73(4.1) 13(2.7)
 Retired 148(6.6) 94(5.3) 54(11.2)
 Other 27(1.2) 23(1.3) 4(0.8)
Household income e Cumulative % Cumulative % Cumulative % <.0001
 Less than $25,000 402(18.2) 328(19.0) 74(15.5)
 $25,000-$49,000 568(44.0) 464(45.9) 104(37.2)
 $50,000-$74,999 522(67.7) 413(69.8) 109(60.0)
 $75,000-$99,999 353(93.7) 278(85.9) 75(75.7)
 $100,000 or more 359(100.0) 243(100.0) 116(100.0)
Education f Cumulative % Cumulative % Cumulative % 0.84
 No high school diploma or GED 76(3.4) 61(3.4) 15(3.1)
 High school diploma or GED 445(23.0) 351(23.2) 94(22.5)
 Post high school education 918(63.6) 729(64.1) 189(61.4)
 College diploma 486(85.0) 378(85.4) 108(83.7)
 Graduate or professional degree 339(100.0) 260(100.0) 79(100.0)

Abbreviations: GED, Graduate Equivalency Diploma

Values are expressed as frequency (%) unless otherwise indicated.

*

Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables and Pearson Chi Square for categorical variables.

a

18 missing

b

2 missing

c

194 missing

d

200 missing

e

254 missing

f

194 missing