Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Population: Overall and By Weight Status

	Overall	Healthy Weight		Overweight		Obese		Between healthy and overweight	Between healthy and obese	Between overweight and obese	Between healthy, overweight and obese
Variable
Categories
	n	n	%	n	%	n	%	p value	p value	p value	p value
Gender								.0044*	.2050	.0896	.0168*
Male	1051	287	27.31	454	43.20	310	29.50
Female	1534	569	37.09	481	31.36	484	31.55
Age								.0007*	.0009*	.9664	.0024*
18–39	637	266	41.76	199	31.24	172	27.00
40–49	511	166	32.49	185	36.20	160	31.31
50–59	576	170	29.51	212	36.81	194	33.68
60–69	499	124	24.85	210	42.08	165	33.07
70+	336	121	36.01	121	36.01	94	27.98
Race/Ethnicity								.0078*	<.0001*	.0640	<.0001*
NH White	1591	565	35.51	571	35.89	455	28.60
NH Black	382	71	18.59	126	32.98	185	48.43
Hispanic	330	82	24.85	144	43.64	104	31.52
Other	186	105	56.45	55	29.57	26	12.98
Household Income								.5479	.3404	.1755	.1975
<$20,000	500	154	30.80	163	32.60	183	36.60
$20,000–$49,999	732	213	29.10	264	36.07	255	34.84
$50,000–$99,999	699	244	34.91	256	36.62	199	28.47
>$ 100,000	450	180	40.00	167	37.11	103	22.89
Education								.1243	.0001*	.0835	.0021*
<HS	231	63	27.27	84	36.36	84	36.36
HS	472	127	26.91	162	34.32	183	38.77
Post HS/Some College	780	218	27.95	309	39.62	253	32.44
College Degree+	1087	436	40.11	363	33.39	261	24.01
Physical Activity Goal Met								.6107	.0001*	<.0001*	<.0001*
Yes	326	133	40.80	136	41.72	57	17.48
No	2269	723	31.86	799	35.21	737	32.48
Smoker								.3792	.9819	.3132	.4770
Yes	433	156	36.03	150	34.64	127	29.33
No	2151	700	32.54	785	36.49	666	30.96
Family History of Cancer								.9908	.0901	.0537	.1121
Yes	1837	587	31.95	650	35.38	600	32.66
No	748	269	35.96	285	38.10	194	25.93

Note: NH = Non-Hispanic, HS = High School,

^*= significant difference at p<0.05.