Table 2.

Anthropometric (Primary*) and Secondary Measures

Measure	Timepoint	Instrument	Description	Validity	Reliability
Weight*	0, 16 week, 10-month	Doran Digital Scale DS6100	Measured twice to the nearest 0.1 lbs, averaged	--	--
Height*	0, 16 week, 10-month	Seca 213 Stadiometer	Measured twice to the nearest 0.01 inches, averaged	--	--
Waist Circumference (WC)	0, 16 week, 10-month	Tape measure	Measured twice with inelastic tape to the nearest 0.1cm using NIH Guidelines [40].	r=0.62 for correlation between WC and visceral abdominal tissue among women [41]	r=0.998 for intraclass correlation in females [42].
Blood Pressure	0, 16 week, 10-month	Omron Digital Blood Pressure Monitor (HEM-907XL)	Measured twice to the nearest 1 mmHg, averaged	--	--
Blood Lipids	0, 16 week	Cholestech LDX system	Measures fasting blood lipids and glucose profiles from blood sample collected via finger stick	TC, r =0.92; TRG, r = 0.93; HDL, r =0.92; LDL, r =0.86; with Lab values [43].	ρ > 0.75 ICC for all 4 lipid categories [44].
HbA1c	0, 16 week	Bayer A1cNow+ Multi-Test A1c System	HbA1c measure collected via finger stick	r = 0.893 with Laboratory results [45].	Sensitivity 0.95, specificity 0.74, positive predictive value 0.85, negative predictive value 0.91 [45].
Diet	0, 16 week, 10-month	Delta NIRI (short FFQ)	158-item questionnaire designed to assess African Americans food intake patterns [24]	Statistical correlations in energy intake were demonstrated between Delta short FFQ and 24-hour dietary recalls [24]	Energy adjusted correlations for macronutrient and micronutrient intakes between the short FFQ and 24-hour dietary recalls ranged from 0.13 – 0.54 [24]
Physical Activity	0, 16 week, 10-month	Past Week Modifiable Physical Activity Questionnaire	Self-report duration and type of physical activities completed in the past week	r = 0.51 with pedometer [46].	r= 0.74 ICC for test-retest reliability [26]
Physical Activity	0, 16 week, 10-month	Yamax Power Walker Ex-510 Pedometer	Pedometer that stores daily step counts	r = 0.98 with manual count [47].	Cronbach’s α =0.992 [48].
Estradiol (pg/mL)	0, 16 week	4mL Saliva, ELISA assay method in ZRT Lab	Saliva collected in 4 consecutive weeks and sent to a laboratory to assay	r = 0.71 with serum sample [49, 50].	CV = 5.2% in interassay [50]
Cortisol (ng/mL)	0, 16 week	4mL Saliva, EIA assay method in ZRT Lab	Fasting morning saliva sent to a laboratory to assay	r = 0.81 with serum sample [51, 52].	CV = 2.2% in interassay [53].