Table 1.
Individual characteristics and unadjusted association with percent weight change at 6 months (N = 127)a.
| Percent weight change |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Individual characteristics | M (SD) or N % | r or M (SD) | p-Value |
| Sex (female) (N, %) | 115 (90.6) | − 8.4 (5.8) | 0.02⁎ |
| Male | 12 (9.4) | − 12.5 (6.8) | |
| Race (N, %) | 0.015⁎ | ||
| White | 103 (81.1) | − 9.4 (5.9) | |
| Black | 21 (16.5) | − 5.4 (5.8) | |
| Asian | 3 (2.4) | − 10.5 (2.4) | |
| Age (M, SD) | 51.3 (10.2) | 0.018 | 0.84 |
| Years of formal education (M, SD) | 16.6 (2.8) | − 0.19 | 0.04⁎ |
| Marital status (N, %) | |||
| Never married | 23 (18.3) | − 9.7 (6.6) | 0.22 |
| Married/living with significant other | 77 (61.1) | − 9.1 (5.5) | |
| Widowed/separated/divorced | 26 (20.6) | − 7.0 (6.8) | |
| (Missing) | 1 | ||
| Household income (total gross annual) (N, %) | 0.14 | ||
| <$30,000 | 7 (5.5) | − 4.8 (4.5) | |
| $30,000 to <$60,000 | 31 (26.1) | − 8.4 (6.6) | |
| $60,000 to <$100,000 | 37 (31.1) | − 10.1 (5.5) | |
| Over $100,000 | 44 (37.0) | − 8.2 (5.8) | |
| (Unknown/missing) | 8 | ||
| Current smoker (yes) | 2 (1.6) | − 6.7 (4.3) | 0.25 |
| No | 125 (98.4) | − 8.8 (6.0) | |
| Barrier to health eating score (total) (M, SD) | 57.8 (13.7) | − 0.013 | 0.9 |
| Excessive exercise (times per week) (N, %) | 0.23 | ||
| 0 | 121 (95.3) | − 8.9 (6.0) | |
| 1 or more | 6 (4.7) | − 5.9 (5.7) | |
| Baseline weight (lbs) (M, SD) | 201.8 (32.7) | – | |
| Six-month weight (lbs) (M, SD) | 185.0 (32.7) | – | |
| Percentage weight change | − 8.8% (6%) | – | |
a
EMPOWER Study, Pennsylvania, 2011–2015.
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p < 0.05.