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. 2017 Mar 7;32(Suppl 1):24–31. doi: 10.1007/s11606-016-3971-0

Table 2.

Representativeness of Weigh-and-Win Participants Compared to Census Data (enrollee age ≥18 years; no BMI restriction)

Total Only 1 weigh-in >1 Weigh-in Census data
N 40,308 18,697 21,611 5,012,333
% Female 78.8 78.0 79.4 48.1
Median age – women (years) 53.5 53.5 52.0 41.8
Median age – men (years) 52.5 51 52.5 39.8
% African American 7.6 6.6 8.6 1.7
% American Indian/Alaska Native 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.4
% Asian 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.1
% Caucasian 72.6 72.6 72.6 86.3
% Other race 8.8 10.3 7.4 6.9
% Hispanic or Latino 19.2 20.0 18.6 20.4