Table 1.
Baseline demographic characteristics of young, low-income women with overweight or obesity (N = 569)
| Demographic Characteristics | Intervention (n = 387) | Comparison (n = 182) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age (years) | 28.4 | 5.0 | 28.9 | 5.0 |
| Postpartum status (age of the youngest child, in years) | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| Body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) | 32.2 | 4.4 | 31.7 | 4.2 |
| n | % | n | % | |
| Race | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 306 | 79% | 142 | 78% |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 81 | 21% | 40 | 22% |
| Current breastfeeding | ||||
| Yes | 64 | 17% | 30 | 16% |
| No | 323 | 83% | 152 | 84% |
| Education | ||||
| Some high school or less | 51 | 13% | 15 | 9% |
| High school graduate | 75 | 19% | 46 | 25% |
| Some college or technical school | 186 | 48% | 84 | 46% |
| College graduate or higher | 75 | 19% | 37 | 20% |
| Employment status | ||||
| Full-time | 81 | 21% | 44 | 24% |
| Part-time | 81 | 21% | 40 | 22% |
| Unemployed | 76 | 20% | 42 | 23% |
| Homemaker | 110 | 28% | 38 | 21% |
| Self-employed | 9 | 2% | 7 | 4% |
| Student | 23 | 6% | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 2% | 3 | 2% |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Never smoked | 167 | 43% | 93 | 51% |
| Smoked, but quit | 114 | 30% | 47 | 26% |
| Current smoker | 106 | 27% | 42 | 23% |
| Body mass index category | ||||
| Overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9) | 137 | 35% | 64 | 35% |
| Obese category I (BMI 30.0–34.9) | 139 | 36% | 71 | 39% |
| Obese category II (BMI 35.0–39.9) | 111 | 29% | 47 | 26% |
| At risk for clinical depression | ||||
| Yes (CESD score ≥ 16) | 228 | 58.9% | 105 | 57.5% |
| No (CESD score < 16) | 159 | 41.1% | 77 | 42.3% |
CESD The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale