Table 3.
Baseline and demographic characteristics of participants by group in study 2.
Characteristic | Study 2 (n=55) | |||
|
SCa (n=17) | TECHb (n=17) | TECH+PHONEc (n=21) | |
Age (years), mean (SD) | 54.9 (9.7) | 46.4 (12.7) | 52.9 (11.28) | |
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 34.0 (4.0) | 33.0 (3.4) | 32.2 (3.3) | |
Gender, n (%) | ||||
|
Male | 4 (23) | 2 (11) | 4 (19) |
|
Female | 13 (76) | 15 (88) | 17 (81) |
Education, n (%) | ||||
|
High school or less | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 2 (9) |
|
Vocational training | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) |
|
Some college | 4 (23) | 3 (17) | 5 (23) |
|
College degree | 6 (35) | 7 (41) | 6 (28) |
|
Graduate degree | 6 (35) | 6 (35) | 8 (38) |
Race, n (%) | ||||
|
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
|
Asian | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
|
Black or African American | 2 (11) | 2 (11) | 0 (0) |
|
White | 15 (88) | 15 (88) | 21 (100) |
|
Other | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||
|
Hispanic or Latino | 0 (0) | 1 (6) | 1 (4) |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino | 17 (100) | 16 (94) | 20 (95) |
aSC: standard in-home scale group.
bTECH: technology-based self-monitoring tools group.
cTECH+PHONE: technology-based self-monitoring tools plus phone-based support group.