Table 1.

Baseline participant characteristics in the full sample, and in the SIPsmartER intervention and MoveMore matched-contact comparison groups, rural Southwest Virginia, USA

	Full sample (n 296)		SIPsmartER (n 151)		MoveMore (n 145)		Test statistic,
Characteristic	Mean or n	sd or %	Mean or n	sd or %	Mean or n	sd or %	P value†
Age (years), mean and sd	42·1	13·4	41·7	13·4	42·4	13·3	t=−0·41
							P=0·68
Gender, n and %
Male	56	19	30	20	26	18	χ 2=0·18
Female	240	81	121	80	119	82	P=0·67
Race, n and %
Caucasian	275	93	137	91	138	95	χ 2=2·22
African American	13	4	10	6	3	2	P=0·14
More than one race	7	2·5	3	2	4	3
Other	1	0·5	1	1	0	0
Ethnicity, n and %
Hispanic/Latina	3	1	2	1	1	0·5	χ 2=0·48
							P=0·79
Education level, n and %
≤High-school graduate	93	31	49	32·5	44	30	χ 2=0·15
Some college or greater	203	69	102	67·5	101	70	P=0·70
Annual household income, n and %
≤$US 14 999	126	43	69	46	57	39	χ 2=6·89
$US 15 000–34 999	94	32	52	35	42	29	P=0·08
$US 35 000–54 999	39	13	18	12	21	15
≥$US 55 000	37	12	12	8	25	17
Weight status
Weight (kg), mean and sd	90·6	25·4	90·7	26·4	90·4	24·3	t=0·09
							P=0·93
BMI (kg/m2), mean and sd	33·0	9·1	33·3	9·3	32·7	9·0	t=0·49
							P=0·62

^†The t test was used to compare group means; the χ ² test was used to compare proportions across groups.