Table 4.

Demographics, health behaviors, obesity indicators, and psychosocial variables by frequency of private prayer.

	Once per Week or Less (n = 121)	A Few Times per Week (n = 270)	Once per Day (n = 613)	More than Once per Day (n = 1374)	p value
Age***	49.82 (12.03)	50.42 (12.17)	53.34 (12.10)	54.67 (12.43)	< .001
% Female***	47.9%	48.9%	59.9%	73.5%	< .001
Income Status					.06
Low Income	17.5%	9.0%	14.4%	13.0%
Lower Middle	19.4%	21.0%	21.0%	23.5%
Higher Middle	30.1%	28.8%	29.8%	33.0%
High Income	33.0%	41.2%	34.8%	30.6%
Education Level					.37
< High School	16.5%	7.8%	12.9%	13.0%
High school/GED	15.7%	17.4%	17.9%	18.4%
Vocational	20.7%	22.2%	24.6%	22.2%
Associate Degree	5.0%	9.3%	6.9%	7.4%
Bachelor Degree	24.0%	22.6%	18.3%	18.0%
Post-graduate	18.2%	20.7%	19.4%	21.0%
Body Mass Index*	32.05 (8.25)	31.52 (7.01)	31.15 (6.55)	32.14 (7.26)	.03
Waist Circumference	101.70 (22.12)	100.54 (15.14)	100.02 (15.73)	100.07 (15.93)
% Abdom. Obesity	41.7%	39.6%	35.1%	39.4%	.25
BMI Status					.17
Normal	12.7%	13.3%	12.8%	12.2%
Overweight	33.1%	34.6%	37.8%	30.4%
Obese	41.5%	41.1%	40.3%	41.9%
Morbidly Obese	12.7%	11.0%	9.2%	13.5%
Kilocalories***	2523.73 (1331.72)	2382.36 (1420.16)	2137.19 (1126.44)	2019.08 (1085.35)	< .001
% Calories from Fat	34.66 (6.70)	35.44 (6.16)	34.96 (6.84)	35.15 (7.12)
Total Physical Activity	8.77 (2.50)	8.81 (2.46)	8.59 (2.54)	8.47 (2.58)	.17
% Consumed Alcohol in Past Year***	66.1%	63.7%	54.8%	37.4%	< .001
Smoking Status***					< .001
Never Smoker	58.7%	68.1%	66.4%	73.0%
Former Smoker	18.2%	17.0%	21.5%	18.0%
Current Smoker	23.1%	14.8%	12.1%	9.0%
Depression (CES-D)	11.36 (8.01)	11.54 (8.18)	10.62 (7.88)	10.56 (8.17)	.24
Social Support**	51.99 (7.60)	51.31 (8.04)	51.94 (7.58)	53.03 (7.88)	.001

Tests of significant differences between frequencies of prayer:

^*p<.05,

^**p< .01,

^***p<.001