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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 26.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Community Health. 2013 Jul-Sep;36(3):236–247. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e318293159b

Table 2.

Baseline Predictors of Change in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

N Adjusted
Post-test
Mean (cups/day)
Estimate (SE) p-value

Gender 627
 Male 1.77 (0.06) 0.03 (0.06) 0.62
 Female 1.74 (0.04) 0.0 (Reference)

Education 627
 Less than high school 1.84 (0.09) 0.0 (Reference)
 High school graduate 1.68 (0.05) −0.16 (0.10) 0.16
 Some college 1.70 (0.06) −0.14 (0.10)
 College graduate 1.80 (0.06) −0.04 (0.10)

Income 537
 <$20,000 1.77 (0.06) 0.0 (Reference)
 $20,000-$39,999 1.76 (0.06) −0.003 (0.08) 0.82
 $40,000-$59,999 1.70 (0.07) −0.07 (0.09)
 ≥$60,000 1.76 (0.07) −0.01 (0.10)

Weight category 616 0.03
 Normal weight 1.63 (0.08) −0.19 (0.09)
 Overweight 1.70 (0.06) −0.13 (0.06)
 Obese 1.83 (0.05) 0 (Reference)

Marital Status 622
 Married/ Member of unmarried couple 1.72 (0.05) 0.0 (Reference) 0.20
 Not Married 1.79 (0.05) 0.07 (0.06)

Health Status 619 0.79
 Excellent 1.77 (0.11) 0.11 (0.25)
 Very good 1.81 (0.07) 0.15 (0.23)
 Good 1.76 (0.05) 0.10 (0.23)
 Fair 1.70 (0.07) 0.04 (0.24)
 Poor 1.66 (0.23) 0.0 (Reference)

Hypertension 618
 Yes 1.77 (0.05) 0.0 (Reference) 0.35
 No 1.71 (0.06) −0.06 (0.06)

Diabetes 614
 Yes 1.66 (0.06) 0.0 (Reference) 0.04
 No 1.79 (0.04) 0.13 (0.06)

Age, years 627 N/A 0.004 (0.002) 0.08

Body Mass Index. m/kg2 616 N/A 0.01 (0.004) 0.17

Waist Circumference, cm 619 N/A 0.004 (0.002) 0.04

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, cups/day 627 N/A 0.41 (0.03) <0.0001

Leisure time Physical Activity, hours/week 624 N/A 0.01 (0.01) 0.01

Stress 615 N/A −0.02 (0.04) 0.65

Church Support for F&V 607 N/A 0.08 (0.04) 0.06

Social Support for F&V 617 N/A 0.08 (0.03) 0.01

Self efficacy for F&V 616 N/A 0.04 (0.04) 0.36

Attend worship service (times/month) 622 N/A 0.01 (0.01) 0.04

Attend church activities or meetings (time/month) 620 N/A 0.01 (0.01) 0.06

Note: The sample size is not 627 for all analyses due to missing data; baseline fruit and vegetable consumption, age, gender, education, church wave, church size, and intervention group were added as covariates to analyses that did not include these variables.