Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants, total and by gender.
| Variables | Total sample (n = 1,701) |
Male (n = 508) |
Female (n = 1,193) |
P value† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||||
| 18–30 | 286 (16.8) | 98 (19.3) | 188 (15.8) | 0.075 |
| 31–55 | 893 (52.5) | 247 (48.6) | 646 (54.1) | |
| >55 | 522 (30.7) | 163 (32.1) | 359 (30.1) | |
| Body mass index (BMI) | 0.001 | |||
| <29.9 kg/m2 | 1,142 (67.1) | 371 (73.0) | 771 (64.6) | |
| ≥30 kg/m2 | 559 (32.9) | 137 (27.0) | 422 (35.4) | |
| Smoke | <0.001 | |||
| No | 1,559 (91.7) | 445 (87.6) | 1,114 (93.4) | |
| Yes | 142 (8.3) | 63 (12.4) | 79 (6.6) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.073 | |||
| Hispanic | 942 (55.4) | 291 (57.3) | 651 (54.6) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 531 (31.2) | 140 (27.6) | 391 (32.8) | |
| Other | 228 (13.4) | 77 (15.2) | 151 (12.7) | |
| Health insurance | 0.454 | |||
| No | 1,041 (61.2) | 304 (59.8) | 737 (61.8) | |
| Yes | 660 (38.8) | 204 (40.2) | 456 (38.2) | |
| Comorbidities | 0.464 | |||
| No | 938 (55.1) | 287 (56.5) | 651 (54.6) | |
| Yes | 763 (44.9) | 221 (43.5) | 542 (45.4) | |
| Self-rated health | ||||
| Poor/fair | 355 (20.9) | 76 (15.0) | 279 (23.4) | <0.001 |
| Excellent/very good/good | 1,346 (79.1) | 432 (85.0) | 914 (76.6) | |
| F & V (servings/day) | ||||
| ≤2 per day | 1,057 (62.1) | 332 (65.4) | 725 (60.8) | 0.187 |
| 3-4 per day | 453 (26.6) | 126 (24.8) | 327 (27.4) | |
| ≥5 per day | 191 (11.2) | 50 (9.8) | 141 (11.8) | |
| Fat intake | 0.377 | |||
| Primary high fat foods/mostly high fat, some low fat | 209 (12.3) | 69 (13.6) | 140 (11.7) | |
| Both high fat and low fat about the same | 538 (31.6) | 166 (32.7) | 372 (31.2) | |
| Mostly low fat, some high fat/primary low fat foods | 954 (56.1) | 273 (53.7) | 681 (57.1) | |
| Physical activity | 0.001 | |||
| 1–3 times per month or never | 533 (31.3) | 129 (25.4) | 404 (33.9) | |
| 1–4 days per week | 599 (35.2) | 186 (36.6) | 413 (34.6) | |
| ≥5 days per week | 569 (33.5) | 193 (38.0) | 376 (31.5) |
F & V = fruits and vegetables. †Statistical differences by gender: Chi-square test. Data are presented as n (%). P value is considered significant at <0.05.