Table 1.
Baseline participant characteristics.
| Mean (SD) or N (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Full Sample (N=194) |
Mindfulness (n=100) |
Control (n=94) |
| Demographics | |||
| Age (years) | 47.0 (12.7) | 47.2 (13.0) | 46.8 (12.4) |
| Sex (female) | 160 (82.0%) | 79 (79.0%) | 81 (86.0%) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Other | 10 (5.2%) | 7 (7.0%) | 3 (3.2%) |
| White | 115 (59.3%) | 65 (65.0%) | 50 (53.2%) |
| Black | 25 (12.9%) | 13 (13%) | 12 (12.8%) |
| Latino | 23 (11.9%) | 7 (7.0%) | 16 (17.0%) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 19 (9.8%) | 8 (8%) | 11 (11.7%) |
| Native American | 2 (1.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (2.1%) |
| Health Characteristics | |||
| Weight (kg) | 97.2 (14.4) | 97.7 (14.1) | 96.7 (14.8) |
| Body Mass Index (BMI) | 35.5 (3.6) | 35.4 (3.5) | 35.6 (3.8) |
| Reward-based Eating Drive (RED) | 0.00 (0.61) | −0.02 (0.59) | 0.02 (0.63) |
| Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) | 14.41 (5.76) | 14.38 (6.06) | 14.43 (5.46) |
Note. Reward-based Eating Drive (RED) scale scores are computed as the mean of all items following item-level z-score transformation.