Table 1.

Study population and baseline demographic characteristics by neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Characteristics	Overall, n = 831	Hill district, n = 571	Homewood, n = 260	P
Demographics
Race/ethnicity: African–American/black versus other (%)	95.2	94.7	96.1	.60
Mean age (SE)	53.2 (0.7)	53.0 (0.9)	53.7 (1.3)	.71
Male (%)**	25.0	22.6	30.2	.03
Marital status (%)				.25
Married/living with partner	17.7	16.3	20.7	—
Never married	44.0	45.5	40.6	—
Widowed/divorced/separated	38.3	38.2	38.6	—
Educational attainment (%)				.11
Less than high school	13.4	14.7	10.8	—
High school diploma	36.5	38.2	32.7	—
Some college/technical school	35.4	33.5	39.5	—
College degree	14.7	13.7	17.0	—
Any children in household (%)	28.2	28.1	28.6	—
Economic indicators
Employment full-time or part-time (%)	34.4	34.2	34.7	.90
Median and interquartile range (IQR) of per capita annual income $	8942 (44760–14,967)	7914 (4444–14,789)	12,115 (4569–17,304)	.15
Household income below federal poverty level (%)*	44.7	46.8	40.1	.08
Household participated in SNAP in past year (%)*	51.0	53.3	46.0	.06
Household received WIC food vouchers in past year (%)	6.2	5.2	8.3	.13
Low or very low food security (%)	33.1	34.1	30.8	.37
Health indicators
Self-reported health rating of very good or excellent (%)	26.6	26.5	26.9	.91
Ever been told by a doctor that you have … ? (%)
Heart disease*	14.0	12.7	17.1	.09
High cholesterol	25.2	24.6	26.5	.59
High blood pressure or hypertension	49.6	49.8	49.0	.84
High blood sugar	17.2	15.9	20.0	.16
Arthritis	39.6	39.6	39.5	.99
Diabetes	20.9	20.7	21.5	.79

SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; WIC = Women, Infants, and Children.

^*P ≤ .10 and

^**P ≤ .05.