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. 2016 Nov 9;5:57–64. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.11.008

Table 1.

Participant characteristics at baseline by study condition; Chicago, Illinois.

Intervention condition
Total (n = 260) Group only (n = 88) Group + AC (n = 86) Group + PC (n = 86) p
Age, M (SD) 53.5 (6.5) 53.6 (6.4) 53.3 (6.9) 53.5 (6.3) 0.945
MVPA (min/week), M (SD) 151.1 (217.4) 150.0 (225.6) 181.4 (198.4) 121.9 (225.3) 0.200
Leisure time MVPA (min/week), M (SD) 109.8 (174.3) 113.5 (189.3) 126.3 (150.4) 89.5 (180.4) 0.373
Walking (min/week), M (SD) 165.8 (204.5) 145.7 (183.4) 179.0 (190.4) 173.2 (237.0) 0.520
Accelerometer steps (steps/day), M (SD) 5643.9 (2219.8) 5345.8 (1957.7) 5710.7 (2392.0) 5866.6 (2275.0) 0.335
Aerobic fitness (steps/2 min), M (SD) 82.8 (15.9) 83.3 (15.6) 84.9 (16.6) 80.1 (15.4) 0.126



n % n % n % n %
Married or living with partner 101 38.8 39 44.3 27 31.4 35 40.7 0.198
One or more children under age 18 95 36.5 29 33.0 32 37.2 34 39.5 0.658
Education college or higher 128 49.2 49 55.7 43 50.0 36 41.9 0.187
Employed (full-time or part-time) 193 74.2 62 70.5 59 68.6 72 83.7 0.047
Family income 0.759
 <$20,000 30 12.1 11 13.1 11 13.6 8 9.6
 $20,000–$39,999 66 26.6 19 22.6 26 32.1 21 25.3
 $40,000–$59,999 55 22.2 20 23.8 17 21.0 18 21.7
 ≥$60,000 97 39.1 34 40.5 27 33.3 36 43.4
Economic hardship 0.166
 No hardship 142 55.7 44 51.8 43 50.6 55 64.7
 One hardship 57 22.4 24 28.2 18 21.2 15 17.6
 More than one hardship 56 22.0 17 20.0 24 28.2 15 17.6

Note: numbers may not total the full sample size due to missing data.