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. 2019 Dec 20;28(1):55–64. doi: 10.1002/oby.22640

Table 1.

MOVE! participant demographics and comorbidities at the baseline visit by participant engagement

  Overall MOVE! visits in the first year of program participation P value
1 2‐5 6 or more
Number of participants 321,624 138,013 (42.9%) 107,724 (33.5%) 75,887 (23.6%)
Age, y, mean (SD) a 56.3 (12.0) 55.3 (12.6) 55.9 (11.9) 58.5 (10.5) < 0.001a
Sex, n (%)         < 0.001b
Female 39,061 (12.1) 15,402 (11.2) 14,008 (13.0) 9,651 (12.7)
Male 282,563 (87.9) 122,611 (88.8) 93,716 (87.0) 66,236 (87.3)
BMI, mean (SD) a 36.9 (5.4) 36.4 (5.1) 37.1 (5.4) 37.6 (5.7) < 0.001a
Race, n (%)         < 0.001b
White 218,328 (72.9) 91,392 (71.6) 72,949 (72.5) 53,987 (75.8)
Black 73,972 (24.7) 33,011 (25.9) 25,293 (25.1) 15,668 (22.0)
Other 7,213 (2.4) 3,246 (2.5) 2,424 (2.4) 1,543 (2.2)
Rurality, n (%)         < 0.001b
Metropolitan 272,594 (84.8) 118,812 (86.1) 90,801 (84.3) 62,981 (83.0)
Urban 37,586 (11.7) 14,713 (10.7) 13,100 (12.2) 9,773 (12.9)
Rural 11,433 (3.6) 4,482 (3.3) 3,820 (3.6) 3,131 (4.1)
Miles to closest medical center, mean (SD) a 35.5 (39.2) 35.9 (39.8) 35.3 (40.1) 35.3 (37.0) < 0.001a
Miles to outpatient clinic, mean (SD) a 10.2 (8.3) 10.2 (8.2) 10.2 (8.3) 10.3 (8.5) < 0.001a
Marital status, n (%)         < 0.001b
Single 40,773 (12.7) 18,466 (13.4) 13,652 (12.7) 8,655 (11.4)
Married 169,831 (52.9) 71,208 (51.7) 56,380 (52.5) 42,243 (55.8)
Other 110,292 (34.4) 47,992 (34.9) 37,464 (34.9) 24,836 (32.8)
Employment status, n (%)         < 0.001b
Employed 91,075 (28.9) 41,623 (30.8) 30,497 (28.9) 18,955 (25.4)
Retired 85,117 (27.0) 33,195 (24.6) 27,990 (26.5) 23,932 (32.1)
Not employed 139,034 (44.1) 60,233 (44.6) 47,191 (44.7) 31,610 (42.4)
Region, n (%)         < 0.001b
Continental 63,808 (19.6) 27,019 (19.6) 20,730 (19.2) 15,331 (20.2)
Midwest 73,095 (22.7) 26,881 (19.5) 26,060 (24.2) 20,154 (26.6)
North Atlantic 73,119 (22.7) 32,770 (23.7) 24,438 (22.7) 15,911 (21.0)
Pacific 56,587 (17.6) 26,368 (19.1) 18,638 (17.3) 11,581 (15.3)
Southeast 55,743 (17.3) 24,975 (18.1) 17,858 (16.6) 12,910 (17.0)
Comorbidities          
CCI, mean (SD) a 1.1 (1.5) 1.1 (1.5) 1.1 (1.5) 1.2 (1.5) < 0.001a
Myocardial infarction, n (%) 5,786 (1.8) 2,475 (1.8) 1,872 (1.7) 1,439 (1.9) 0.04b
Peripheral vascular disease, n (%) 12,716 (4.0) 5,220 (3.8) 4,206 (3.9) 3,290 (4.3) < 0.001b
Cerebrovascular disease, n (%) 12,443 (3.9) 5,293 (3.8) 4,125 (3.8) 3,025 (4.0) 0.16b
Diabetes with complications, n (%) 26,063 (8.1) 9,921 (7.2) 8,991 (8.4) 7,151 (9.4) < 0.001b
a

ANOVA test.

b

χ2 test.

CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index.