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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Surg. 2020 Sep;30(9):3634–3637. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04645-7

Table 1:

Demographics of Participants

Total N=298 N (%) Food Secure N=211 N (%) Food Insecure N=87 N (%) P-value
Female Sex 252 (84.6) 175 (82.9) 77 (88.5) 0.2
Non-Hispanic White Race 217 (74.3) 154 (74.4) 63 (74.1) 0.9
Bariatric Surgery Program 156 (54.0) 106 (52.2) 50 (58.1) 0.4
Income <0.001
 <$20,000 17 (5.8) 4 (1.9) 13(15.1)
 $20–39,999 46 (15.7) 17 (8.2) 29(33.7)
 $40–59,999 38 (13.0) 22 (10.6) 16 (18.6)
 $60–99,999 83 (28.3) 66 (31.9) 17 (19.8)
 $100,000 or more 109 (37.2) 98 (47.3) 11 (12.8)
Education <0.001
 High school or less 32 (10.8) 12 (5.7) 20 (23.0)
 Some college 83 (27.9) 49 (23.2) 34 (39.1)
 Associate degree 36 (12.1) 24 (11.4) 12 (13.8)
 Bachelor’s degree 86 (28.9) 72(34.1) 14 (16.1)
 Master’s degree or higher 60 (20.1) 53 (25.1) 7 (8.1)
Number of children <0.001
 1 67 (22.6) 55 (26.2) 12 (13.8)
 2 122 (41.1) 96 (45.7) 26 (29.9)
 3+ 108 (36.4) 59 (28.1) 49 (56.3)
Weight Status 0.7
 Healthy Weight 7 (2.4) 4 (1.9) 3 (3.6)
 Overweight 37 (12.7) 27 (13.0) 10 (11.9)
 Class 1 Obesity 64(21.9) 49 (23.6) 15 (17.9)
 Class 2 Obesity 58(19.9) 42 (20.2) 16 (19.1)
 Class 3 Obesity 126 (43.2) 86(41.4) 40 (47.6)
BMI (mean (SD)) 39.6 (10.6) 39.1 (9.9) 40.6 (12.1) 0.1