Table 1.

Participant Characteristics (N=80)

Characteristic	Mean (SD)			P-value
	Race
	Black (N=47)	White (N=33)	Total (N=80)
Age (year)	43.70 (14.38)	34.52 (11.59)	39.91 (13.98)	0.003
BMI (kg/m2)	33.26 (9.50)	27.48 (6.65)	30.88 (8.88)	0.003
Waist Circumference (cm)	98.28 (19.30)	86.62 (15.80)	93.44 (18.73)	0.006
HH Individuals*	2.28 (1.31)	2.21 (1.14)	2.25 (1.24)	0.820
Perceived Stress Scale Score	15.09 (6.46)	16.16 (7.05)	15.52 (6.69)	0.488
Weekly Stress Inventory (# events)	10.86 (5.92)	13.90 (5.34)	12.14 (5.85)	0.026
Weekly Stress Inventory (impact)	25.63 (22.08)	35.74 (21.18)	29.87 (22.14)	0.052
Total Fiber (g)	17.05 (10.73)	18.31 (10.29)	17.56 (10.51)	0.604
% of Calories from Fat	38.21 (9.56)	37.15 (9.80)	37.78 (9.61)	0.634
	N (%)
Marital Status				0.211
Single	16 (34.8)	14 (42.4)	30 (37.5)
Married	16 (34.8)	14 (42.4)	30 (37.5)
Separated	2 (4.3)	0 (0.0)	2 (2.5)
Divorced	7 (15.2)	4 (12.1)	11 (13.8)
Widowed	5 (10.9)	0 (0.0)	5 (6.3)
Domestic Partner	0 (0.0)	1 (3.0)	1 (1.3)
Education Level				0.112
Less than High School	1 (2.1)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.3)
High School/GED	6 (12.8)	1 (3.0)	7 (8.8)
Some College	12 (25.5)	3 (9.1)	15 (18.8)
Associates	5 (10.6)	2 (6.1)	7 (8.8)
Bachelors	14 (29.8)	16 (48.5)	30 (37.5)
Masters	9 (19.1)	10 (30.3)	19 (23.8)
Doctoral	0 (0.0)	1 (3.0)	1 (1.3)
Household Income				0.123
Less than 10,000	11 (23.4)	6 (18.2)	17 (21.3)
10,000–19,000	3 (6.4)	2 (6.1)	5 (6.3)
20,000–29,000	2 (4.3)	1 (3.0)	3 (3.8)
30,000–39,000	10 (21.3)	3 (9.1)	13 (16.3)
40,000–49,000	11 (23.4)	4 (12.1)	15 (18.8)
50,000 or over	10 (21.3)	17 (51.5)	27 (33.8)

SD, standard deviation; HH Individuals, number of individuals are in a household;

Bolded p-values are significant at the 0.05 level of significance