Table 2.
Descriptives of study outcomes at the three study waves
| Variable | N | Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religious beliefs (/20 max) | 560 | 17.64 (2.98) | 17.72 (2.86) | 17.66 (2.86) |
| Religious behaviors (/21 max) | 553 | 16.21 (3.39) | 16.52 (3.39) | 16.39 (3.39) |
| Positive religious coping (/12 max) | 548 | 10.21 (2.09) | 9.93 (2.16) | 9.76 (2.19) |
| Negative religious coping (/12 max) | 546 | 4.15 (1.65) | 4.13 (1.57) | 4.00 (1.53) |
| Fruit servings per day (/8 max) | 564 | 2.62 (1.34) | 2.38 (1.21) | 2.38 (1.21) |
| Vegetable servings per day (/5.71 max) | 564 | 2.21 (0.94) | 2.12 (0.94) | 1.98 (0.88) |
| Drinking alcohol Y/N in the past 30 days (%) | 563 | 0.40 (0.49) | 0.40 (0.49) | 0.39 (0.49) |
| 4/5 or more alcohol drinks (%) | 509 | 0.51 (2.28) | 0.37 (1.96) | 0.52 (2.73) |
| Largest number of drinksˆ | 520 | 1.01 (1.94) | 0.92 (1.79) | 0.93 (2.07) |
| Currently smoking (%) | 562 | 0.17 (0.38) | 0.16 (0.37) | 0.15 (0.36) |
| Vigorous activities minutes / week | 536 | 170.07 (268.43) | 162.29 (234.51) | 138.59 (226.48) |
| Moderate activities minutes / week | 523 | 148.41 (249.87) | 131.59 (206.18) | 133.15 (219.34) |
| Walking minutes / week | 527 | 232.24 (294.37) | 217.78 (280.85) | 176.72 (249.50) |
| Ever had a mammogram (%) | 348 | 0.95 (0.21) | 0.95 (0.22) | 0.97 (0.17) |
| Last mammogram: past 2 years vs. > 2 years or never (%) | 348 | 0.90 (0.30) | 0.88 (0.33) | 0.89 (0.31) |
| Ever had a PSA test (%) | 157 | 0.78 (0.42) | 0.87 (0.34) | 0.89 (0.32) |
| Ever had a colonoscopy (%) | 382 | 0.74 (0.44) | 0.82 (0.38) | 0.87 (0.34) |
NOTE: Sample sizes, means, standard deviations, and percentages are reported.
ˆ
Means reflect the majority of participants who reported 0 drinks in the past 30 days for whom a value of 0 was entered.