Table 1.

Demographic and health characteristics of participants (N = 87).

Characteristic	Mean (SD) or N (%)
Age (yrs) mean (SD)	41.3 (10.2)
BMI (kg/m2) mean (SD)	32.13 (6.09)
Men	30.98 (4.54)
Women	32.54 (6.54)
Female gender n (%)	64 (73.6)
Race
African-American	44 (50.6)
White	43 (50.6)
Total combined family income (US $) n (%)
≥ $60,000	35 (40.2)
Highest level of education
High school graduate/technical school	9 (10.3)
Completed some college	27 (31.0)
College graduate	27 (31.0)
College graduate/graduate or professional school	24 (27.6)
Health history
Hypertension	18 (20.7)
High cholesterol	13 (14.9)
Angina	5 (5.7)
Stroke	0 (0)
Chronic health conditions	75 (86.2)
Depressive symptoms (BDI-II ≥ 14)	19 (21.8)