Table 1.
Participant baseline characteristics
| M (SD) or n (%) (N = 144) | |
|---|---|
| Demographic variables | |
| Age | 62.8 (15.2) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 44 (30.6) |
| Female | 100 (69.4) |
| Race | |
| African American | 69 (52.7) |
| White | 56 (42.7) |
| Other | 6 (4.6) |
| Education | |
| Less than high school | 48 (35.6) |
| High school graduate | 60 (44.4) |
| Attended college | 27 (20.0) |
| Employment | |
| Not employed | 20 (14.4) |
| On disability/retired | 109 (78.4) |
| Employed part or full time | 10 (7.2) |
| Health status variables | |
| Food security status | |
| Severe insecure | 39 (31.5) |
| Moderate food insecure | 57 (46.0) |
| Food secure | 28 (22.6) |
| Perceived health status | |
| Poor/fair | 58 (42.0) |
| Good | 52 (37.7) |
| Very good/excellent | 28 (20.3) |
| Diagnosed health condition | |
| Diabetes (yes) | 46 (34.3) |
| Coronary heart disease (yes) | 15 (11.8) |
| Heart attack (yes) | 10 (8.0) |
| Heart failure (yes) | 6 (4.9) |
| Stroke (yes) | 17 (13.9) |
| Vascular disease (yes) | 11 (8.9) |
| Congenital heart failure (yes) | 2 (1.8) |
| Hypertension (yes) | 47 (72.3) |
| Tobacco use variables | N = 64 |
| Current smoker (N, % yes) | 64 (50.0 of entire sample) |
| High nicotine dependence (first cigarette within 5 min) | 28 (48.3 of smokers) |
| Serious quit attempt (% yes) | 40 (60.6 of smokers) |
| Called state quitline (assessed at follow-up) | 4 (8.0 of smokers) |