Table 1.

Distribution of Sample Characteristics of First-year College Students for the Total Sample by Race and Gender

	Total Sample N=499	White Students N=249	African American Students N=250	p-value	Male Students N=203	Female Students N=296	p-value
Confidence replacing sugared beverages with water, %				.002			.070
Not sure	14.2	11.2	17.2		11.8	17.7
Sort of sure	29.1	24.1	34.0		27.7	31.0
Very sure	56.7	66.7	48.8		60.5	51.2
Confidence eating fewer sugary snacks, %				.070			.500
Not sure	18.2	18.5	18.0		16.9	20.2
Sort of sure	38.1	33.3	42.8		37.5	38.9
Very sure	43.7	48.2	39.2		45.6	40.9
African American, %	50.1	--	--		40.9	56.4	.001
Males, %	40.7	48.2	33.2	.001	--	--
Age, %				.001			.001
<18	24.5	16.1	32.1		17.7	29.1
18–21	69.7	78.7	60.8		78.2	63.5
>21	5.8	5.2	6.4		3.5	7.4
Live off campus,%	45.3	52.6	38.0	.001	42.4	47.3	.280
Body Mass Index, mean (sd)	24.5 (5.6)	23.4 (4.9)	25.6 (6.1)	.001	24.9 (5.8)	24.2 (5.5)	.210
McKnight: Concerns about weight, mean (sd)	8.6 (2.7)	8.7 (2.8)	8.6 (2.6)	.771	7.7 (2.4)	9.3 (2.7)	.001
McKnight: Attempts to lose weight, mean (sd)	12.7 (3.7)	13.0 (3.9)	12.4 (3.5)	.065	11.2 (3.1)	13.7 (3.7)	.001
Takeout Food Consumption, mean (sd)	9.7 (4.1)	9.1 (3.8)	10.2 (4.3)	.004	9.0 (3.9)	10.6 (4.1)	.001
Meets Physical Activity Guidelines, %	28.9	30.5	27.2	.413	38.9	22.0	.001
Sugared Beverage Consumption, mean (sd)	9.9 (2.7)	9.8 (2.7)	10.0 (2.7)	.436	10.1 (2.7)	9.7 (2.7)	.070
Sugary Snack Consumption, mean (sd)	10.8 (3.0)	10.3 (2.7)	11.3 (3.1)	.001	10.4 (3.0)	11.0 (2.9)	.060