Table 1. Comparison of baseline characteristics of study participants across treatment conditions.
Condition | ||||
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BT (n =88) | BT+E (n = 93) | BT+EA (n = 102) | p-value | |
Race, n (%) | 0.695 | |||
American Indian/Alaskan Native | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | |
Asian | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | |
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
Black or African-American | 24 (27%) | 27 (29%) | 32 (31%) | |
White | 59 (67%) | 63 (68%) | 64 (63%) | |
More than one race | 4 (5%) | 2 (2%) | 4 (4%) | |
Ethnicity, n (%) | 0.156 | |||
Hispanic/Latino | 7 (8%) | 4 (4%) | 12 (12%) | |
Non-Hispanic/Latino | 81 (92%) | 89 (96%) | 89 (88%) | |
Age, M (SD) | 53.02(9.32) | 53.41(10.28) | 53.23(9.43) | 0.965 |
Black or African-American | 51.46(9.29) | 51.52(10.57) | 52.56(8.53) | |
White | 53.66(9.67) | 54.63(10.08) | 54.11(9.10) | |
Body mass index, M (SD) | 34.96(5.19) | 35.38(5.17) | 35.23(4.64) | 0.849 |
Black or African-American | 36.69(6.18) | 35.82(4.91) | 37.09(4.55) | |
white | 34.16(4058) | 34083(5.13) | 34.27(4.58) | |
Female, n (%) | 67 (76%) | 72 (77%) | 84 (82%) | 0.535 |
Black or African-American | 19 (79%) | 19 (70%) | 28 (87%) | |
White | 43 (73%) | 51 (81%) | 51 (80%) | |
Education, n (%) | 0.07 | |||
High school or lower | 5 (6%) | 6 (6%) | 7 (7%) | |
Associate's degree | 14 (16%) | 19 (21%) | 12 (12%) | |
Bachelor's degree | 32 (36%) | 21 (23%) | 47 (46%) | |
Graduate or professional degree | 37 (42%) | 46 (50%) | 35 (35%) | |
Black or African-American | ||||
High school or lower | 2 (8%) | 5 (19%) | 6 (19%) | |
Associate's degree | 4 (17%) | 7 (27%) | 5 (16%) | |
Bachelor's degree | 6 (25%) | 6 (23%) | 13 (42%) | |
Graduate or professional degree | 12 (50%) | 8 (31%) | 7 (23%) | |
White | ||||
High school or lower | 2 (3%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | |
Associate's degree | 9 (15%) | 11 (17%) | 5 (8%) | |
Bachelor's degree | 25 (42%) | 14 (22%) | 31 (48%) | |
Graduate or professional degree | 23 (39%) | 37 (59%) | 27 (42%) |
Note: BT = Standard behavior therapy, BT+E = behavior therapy with environmental change, BT+EA = Acceptance-based behavior therapy with environmental change. P-value = p-value of chi-square or f-test evaluating potential differences in demographic variables across conditions.