Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics at Baseline of the Sample Enrolled in a Worksite Diabetes Prevention Trial by Treatment Group
| Characteristic | Exper. Group (n=35) |
Control Group (n=33) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (±SD) | P-value | ||
| Age (years) | 51.6 (±9.5) | 50.8 (±8.1) | 0.73 a |
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| White race | 27 (77) | 29 (88) | 0.25 b |
| Black or Asian race | 8 (23) | 4 (12) | |
| Male | 7 (20) | 7 (21) | 0.90 b |
| Female | 28 (80) | 26 (79) | |
| Less than bachelor’s degree | 15 (43) | 9 (27) | 0.34 c |
| Bachelor’s degree | 11 (31) | 11 (33) | |
| Post-graduate degree | 9 (26) | 13 (39) | |
| Full-time employment | 32 (91) | 32 (97) | 0.33 b |
| Part-time employment | 3 (9) | 1 (3) | |
| Married | 24 (67) | 25 (76) | 0.51 b |
| Not married | 11 (31) | 8 (24) | |
| Professional occupation d | 12 (35) | 18 (55) | 0.01 c |
| Clerical occupation | 10 (29) | 13 (39) | |
| Other occupation | 12 (35) | 2 (6) | |
| Years at current job | |||
| 1–5 years | 13 (37) | 11 (33) | 0.20 c |
| 6–10 years | 13 (37) | 6 (18) | |
| 11–15 years | 3 (9) | 6 (18) | |
| ≥ 16 years | 6 (17) | 10 (30) | |
| Annual household income d | |||
| $20,000–39,999 | 8 (24) | 3 (9) | 0.27 c |
| $40,000–59,999 | 4 (12) | 4 (12) | |
| $60,000–79,999 | 6 (18) | 6 (18) | |
| $80,000–99,999 | 9 (27) | 6 (18) | |
| ≥ $100,000 | 7 (21) | 14 (42) | |
a
One-way ANOVA of between-group difference of mean
b
Fisher’s Exact Test of between group differences
c
Pearson Chi-Square test of between-group differences
d
One participant in experimental group did not provide this information.