Table 1.
Respondent Characteristics
| Characteristic | Body mass index (kg/m2) |
P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.0-29.9 (N=685a) | 30.0-34.9 (N=656a) | 35.0-39.9 (N=498a) | ≥40.0 (N=541a) | ||
| Age (y), mean ± SD | 62.1±14.9 | 60.9±13.7 | 58.8±13.3 | 54.3±14.1 | <.001 |
| Sex, No. (%) | <.001 | ||||
| Male | 326 (47.6) | 299 (45.6) | 177 (35.5) | 138 (25.5) | |
| Female | 359 (52.4) | 357 (54.4) | 321 (64.5) | 403 (74.5) | |
| Race, No. (%) | .02 | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 623 (93.4) | 584 (92.9) | 439 (90.9) | 468 (88.6) | |
| Other | 44 (6.6) | 45 (7.1) | 44 (9.1) | 60 (11.4) | |
| Marital status, No. (%) | <.001 | ||||
| Married/living as married | 511 (75.0) | 492 (75.5) | 354 (71.5) | 327 (61.0) | |
| Other | 170 (25.0) | 160 (24.5) | 141 (28.5) | 209 (39.0) | |
| Education, No. (%) | <.001 | ||||
| High school graduate or less | 134 (19.8) | 129 (20.0) | 103 (21.1) | 122 (23.1) | |
| Some college | 217 (32.1) | 222 (34.5) | 179 (36.7) | 234 (44.2) | |
| Four-year college degree or more | 325 (48.1) | 293 (45.5) | 206 (42.2) | 173 (32.7) | |
| Barriers to losing weight,b No. (%) | |||||
| Food cravings that prevent me from losing weight | 210 (30.7) | 248 (37.8) | 236 (47.4) | 270 (49.9) | <.001 |
| Medical condition that limits ability to do physical activity | 121 (17.7) | 200 (30.5) | 171 (34.3) | 255 (47.1) | <.001 |
| Cannot afford a gym membership | 56 (8.2) | 110 (16.8) | 116 (23.3) | 176 (32.5) | <.001 |
| Not enough time to do physical activity | 120 (17.5) | 118 (18.0) | 97 (19.5) | 95 (17.6) | .82 |
| Not sure which foods to eat to help lose weight | 53 (7.7) | 104 (15.9) | 70 (14.1) | 93 (17.2) | <.001 |
| Do not have access to a facility to do physical activity | 35 (5.1) | 58 (8.8) | 43 (8.6) | 81 (15.0) | <.001 |
| Do not have access to healthy food choices | 16 (2.3) | 22 (3.4) | 21 (4.2) | 47 (8.7) | <.001 |
| Pressure from my family or peers to not lose weight | 8 (1.2) | 9 (1.4) | 8 (1.6) | 17 (3.1) | .05 |
a
In all cases, data were missing for <5% of respondents. Because of missing data, the sum of the response categories for a given characteristic may not equal the total number of respondents.
b
Respondents may have indicated multiple barriers.