Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of participants assigned to the Physical Activity Intervention (PAI) and Standard Surgical Care Control (SC) Conditions
| Full Sample (N = 75) |
PAI Condition (N = 40) |
SC Condition (N = 35) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
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| Sex (%) | |||
| Men | 13.3 | 15.0 | 11.4 |
| Women | 86.7 | 85.0 | 88.6 |
| Age, mean (SD), years | 46.0 (8.9) | 44.2 (9.2) | 48.1 (8.1) |
| Race (%) | |||
| American Indian | 2.7 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Black | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.7 |
| White | 78.7 | 77.5 | 80.0 |
| Other | 13.3 | 12.5 | 14.3 |
| Ethnicity (%) | |||
| Hispanic | 12.0 | 12.5 | 11.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 88.0 | 87.5 | 88.6 |
| Marital status (%) | |||
| Single | 20.6 | 23.1 | 17.6 |
| Married | 49.3 | 48.7 | 50.0 |
| Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 30.1 | 28.2 | 32.4 |
| Education (%) | |||
| High school or less | 26.6 | 17.5 | 37.1 |
| Some college | 45.3 | 55.0 | 34.3 |
| College or University Degree | 21.3 | 20.0 | 22.9 |
| Graduate Degree | 6.8 | 7.5 | 5.7 |
| Employed (%) | 62.7 | 70.0 | 54.3 |
| Professional, administrator, or executive | 44.9 | 55.2 | 30.0 |
| Clerical work, administrative support, sales | 36.7 | 34.5 | 40.0 |
| Crafts, trade, factory work, service or labor | 18.4 | 10.3 | 30.0 |
| Unemployed (%) | 36.0 | 27.5 | 45.7 |
| Homemaker | 31.0 | 42.9 | 20.0 |
| Retired or disabled | 55.2 | 50.0 | 60.0 |
| Student | 13.8 | 7.1 | 20.0 |
| Weight, mean (SD), kg | 120.7 (20.6) | 125.7 (21.0)* |
114.9 (18.9) |
| Body Mass Index, mean (SD), kg/m2 | 45.0 (6.5) | 45.6 (7.0) | 44.4 (5.8) |
*
For comparison of PAI and SC, P < 0.05