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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Nov 2;23(12):2491–2498. doi: 10.1002/oby.21247

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Analytic Sample, Overall and Stratified By Age

Variable Category Overall Sample Stratification by Age Group
16–17 18–29 30–49 50–64 ≥65 P*
N 100% 3.82% 21.12% 36.86% 23.48% 14.71%

Age Years 44.3 ± 17.5 16.4 ± 0.6 23.6 ± 3.2 40.1 ± 5.2 56.1 ± 4.3 73.4 ± 6.6 <.0001

BMI kg/m2 28.3 ± 6.7 24.1 ± 6.1 27.1 ± 6.7 28.7 ± 6.1 29.5 ± 6.5 28.3 ± 7.1 <.0001
z-score −0.01 ± 1.02 0.56 ± 1.26 −0.08 ± 1.04 −0.05 ± 0.91 0.07 ± 0.98 −0.12 ± 1.07 <.0001

Obese Non-Obese 67.54% 83.44% 74.40% 66.42% 59.97% 68.45% <.0001
Obese 32.46% 16.56% 25.60% 33.58% 40.03% 31.55%

Sleep Duration Hours 6.86 ± 1.38 7.54 ± 1.52 6.97 ± 1.32 6.74 ± 1.27 6.69 ± 1.23 7.10 ± 1.79 <.0001

Sleep Duration Groups ≤4 Hours 4.96% 0.63% 4.73% 5.86% 4.95% 4.17% <.0001
5–6 Hours 32.16% 19.38% 31.02% 33.61% 35.41% 28.31%
7–8 Hours 55.68% 62.47% 54.44% 55.49% 56.04% 55.58%
≥9 Hours 7.20% 17.52% 9.81% 5.03% 3.61% 11.94%

Gender Female 51.61% 53.13% 48.58% 51.80% 50.92% 56.19% 0.0954
Male 48.39% 46.87% 51.42% 48.20% 49.08% 43.81%

Race White 70.00% 66.58% 63.49% 66.59% 73.85% 82.65% <.0001
Hispanic 12.94% 15.57% 17.83% 15.35% 8.60% 6.14%
Black 11.25% 14.44% 12.86% 12.09% 9.99% 7.99%
Other 5.81% 3.41% 5.82% 5.97% 7.56% 3.22%

Marital Status Married 54.90% 0.00% 26.17% 64.49% 69.15% 57.13% <.0001
Widowed 5.23% 0.00% 0.00% 0.69% 3.40% 27.18%
Divorced 9.81% 0.00% 2.14% 11.28% 14.33% 10.73%
Separated 2.36% 0.00% 1.71% 3.05% 2.95% 1.08%
Never Married 20.86% 100.00% 53.51% 12.76% 7.26% 2.79%
Living with Partner 6.85% 0.00% 16.48% 7.73% 2.91% 1.09%

Exercise Minutes 166 ± 220 186 ± 211 217 ± 217 186 ± 224 139 ± 187 84 ± 182 <.0001

Income to Poverty Ratio 3.01 ± 1.65 2.77 ± 1.86 2.51 ± 1.52 3.09 ± 1.52 3.59 ± 1.58 2.64 ± 1.80 <.0001

Education Less than High School 23.08% 94.08% 19.98% 19.42% 16.91% 28.37% <.0001
High School Graduate 23.57% 1.75% 23.06% 22.51% 25.29% 29.82%
Some College 29.32% 4.17% 39.24% 29.19% 29.47% 21.63%
College Graduate 24.03% 0.00% 17.72% 28.88% 28.33% 20.18%

Energy Intake kcal 2,180 ± 1,040 2,180 ± 1,071 2,399 ± 1,131 2,292 ± 954 2,116 ± 975 1,695 ± 787 <.0001

Alcohol Drinks/day past 12 months 1.92 ± 2.65 N/A 3.303 ± 2.941 2.226 ± 2.633 1.469 ± 1.933 0.760 ± 1.316 <.0001

Smoke Days smoked past 30 Days 5.88 ± 11.62 N/A 7.599 ± 11.261 7.072 ± 11.494 5.637 ± 11.460 2.561 ± 10.361 <.0001

Number of Foods # 16.8 ± 6.3 13.0 ± 5.6 15.1 ± 5.6 16.8 ± 5.7 18.1 ± 6.2 18.2 ± 7.5 <.0001

Depression Yes 23.82% N/A 22.74% 26.79% 21.64% 21.50%

Values presented as Mean ± Standard Deviation or Percent. Alcohol, Smoking, and Depression was not measured in the youngest age group.

*

P value from ANOVA or Chi-Square, as appropriate