Table 4. Baseline demographics of study population.
| Characteristic | Frequency (%); n = 337 |
| Age, mean ± SD | 48.2 ± 11.0 |
| Marital status | |
| Married/living with partner | 135 (40.1) |
| Widowed, divorced, separated, single | 202 (59.9) |
| Education status | |
| High school or less | 70 (20.7) |
| Some college | 142 (42.1) |
| Completed college | 59 (17.5) |
| Postgraduate | 66 (19.6) |
| Employment status | |
| Full time | 183 (54.3) |
| Part time | 38 (11.3) |
| Retired/not employed | 116 (34.4) |
| Smoking status | |
| Current | 109 (32.8) |
| Non-smoker | 223 (67.2) |
| Perceived health | |
| Excellent | 9 (2.7) |
| Very good | 87 (26.1) |
| Good | 182 (54.6) |
| Fair | 50 (15.0) |
| Poor | 5 (1.5) |
| Insurance | |
| Medicare | 139 (41.9) |
| Medicaid | 44 (13.3) |
| Private | 22 (6.6) |
| Uninsured/self-pay | 61 (18.4) |
| Other | 66 (19.9) |
| Characteristic | Mean ± SD; n = 337 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 39.0 ± 7.4 |
| Waist-to-hip ratio, inches | .87 ± .07 |
| Fat mass, lbs | 106.4 ± 32.1 |
| Fat-free mass, lbs | 121.0 ± 18.3 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 133.9 ± 21.9 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 84.0 ± 13.7 |
| Dietary Inflammatory Index, DIIa | 2.15 ± 2.17 |
a. Mean DII values have not been found to exceed the bounds of -10 and +10. More negatives scores are indicative of more anti-inflammatory diets; more positive scores are indicative of more pro-inflammatory diets.
Column percentages may not equal 100 because of rounding. Frequencies may not equal population total because of missing data.