Table 1.
Sample characteristics.
| Characteristic | Baseline Sample | Randomized Sample | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Americans | White Women | P-valuea | Total | African Americans | White Women | P-valuea | Total | |
| Race, No. (%) | - | - | NA | 269 | - | - | NA | 100 |
| African American | 167 | - | 167 | 55 | - | 55 | ||
| White | - | 102 | 102 | - | 45 | 45 | ||
| Age, years | 45.42 (10.93) | 52.05 (12.93) | <.0001 | 47.93 (12.14) | 46.60 (11.99) | 57.53 (10.67) | <.0001 | 51.52 (12.61) |
| Body weight, kg | 96.47 (16.69) | 95.45 (15.24) | 0.6150 | 96.08 (16.13) | 92.79 (14.26) | 91.03 (11.76) | 0.5082 | 92.00 (13.16) |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 36.15 (4.50) | 35.46 (4.66) | 0.2334 | 35.89 (4.57) | 35.62 (4.30) | 34.70 (4.12) | 0.2816 | 35.21 (4.22) |
| Marital status, No. (%) | 0.0066 | 0.0946 | ||||||
| Not Married | 94 (56.29) | 40 (39.22) | 134 | 30 (54.55) | 17 (37.78) | 47 | ||
| Married | 73 (43.71) | 62 (60.78) | 135 | 25 (45.45) | 28 (62.22) | 53 | ||
| Education, No. (%) | 0.3597 | 0.8529 | ||||||
| Associates or lower degree | 75 (44.91) | 40 (39.22) | 115 | 21 (38.18) | 18 (40.00) | 39 | ||
| Bachelors or higher degree | 92 (55.09) | 62 (60.78) | 154 | 34 (61.82) | 27 (60.00) | 61 | ||
| Income, No. (%) | 0.0062 | 0.4202 | ||||||
| <$40,000 | 68 (40.72) | 25 (24.51) | 93 | 18 (32.73) | 13 (28.89) | 31 | ||
| $40,000-$80,000 | 66 (39.52) | 42 (41.18) | 108 | 24 (43.64) | 16 (35.56) | 40 | ||
| >$80,000 | 33 (19.76) | 35 (34.31) | 68 | 13 (23.64) | 16 (35.56) | 29 | ||
Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index. Data are given as mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated. All values are at the start of the initial weight loss program (i.e. month 0).
a
P-values are calculated for continuous variables using T-test and calculated for categorical variables using Chi-square Test or Fisher’s exact test to compare between groups.