Table 1.
Characteristics and baseline behaviors of participants in the TXT2BFiT trial.
| Characteristic | Intervention group (n=123)a
mean (SD) or n (%) |
Control group (n=125) mean (SD) or n (%) |
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| Age in years, mean (SD) | 28.1 (4.9) | 27.2 (4.9) | ||
| Gender, n (%) |
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Female | 73 (59.3) | 79 (63.2) | |
| Weight status |
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Normal BMI 23.0-24.9 | 24 (19.5) | 33 (26.4) | |
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Overweight BMI 25.0-29.9 | 83 (67.5) | 70 (56.0) | |
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Obese BMI 30.0-31.99 | 16 (13.0) | 22 (17.6) | |
| BMI (kg m-2), median (IQR) |
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27.1 (3.7) | 26.8 (4.2) | |
| WHO-5 score |
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11.8 (4.7) | 12.9 (4.5) | |
| SESb, n (%) |
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0-60 | 8 (6.5) | 7 (5.6) | |
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61-80 | 28 (22.8) | 17 (13.6) | |
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81-100 (highest) | 87 (70.7) | 101 (80.8) | |
| Ethnic background, n (%) |
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English speaking | 82 (66.7) | 90 (72.0) | |
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Otherc | 41 (33.3) | 35 (28.0) | |
| Education, n (%) |
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High school or below | 27 (22.0) | 21 (16.8) | |
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Some tertiary education | 22 (17.8) | 25 (20.0) | |
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University degree | 74 (60.2) | 79 (63.2) | |
| Fruit | < 2 serves per day | 82 (66.7) | 77 (61.6) | |
| Vegetable | ≤ 3 serves per dayd | 104 (84.6) | 107 (85.6) | |
| SSB e | ≥ 500 mL per week | 37 (30.1) | 44 (35.2) |
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| Take-out meals | > once per week | 75 (60.9) | 79 (63.2) | |
| Physical activity | Total METf-mins weekly | 1620 (1581) | 1647 (1475) | |
aTwo participants had measured variables but did not complete baseline self-report survey.
bSES: socioeconomic status by quintile with the bottom three quintiles collapsed into one.
cEuropean, Asian, Pacific Islander, and Arabic ethnicities collapsed.
dAustralian recommendations are 5 serves per day but the World Health Organization recommendation of 3 is used here.
eSSB: sugar-sweetened beverages.
fMET: metabolic equivalent of task.