Table 2.
Study participant characteristics by study group
| All | Tailored | Targeted | Control | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | N | N | N | |||||
| Demographics | ||||||||
| Age (years) | 459 | 23.3 ± 4.4 | 150 | 23.4 ± 4.4 | 152 | 23.5 ± 4.4 | 157 | 22.9 ± 4.4 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| % Male | 98 (21.4%) | 26 (17.3%) | 33 (21.7%) | 39 (24.8%) | ||||
| % Female | 361 (78.6%) | 124 (82.7%) | 119 (78.3%) | 118 (75.2%) | ||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| % African American | 91 (19.8%) | 33 (22.0%) | 36 (23.7%) | 22 (14.0%) | ||||
| % Non-Hispanic White | 225 (49.0%) | 70 (46.7%) | 76 (50.0%) | 79 (50.3%) | ||||
| % Asian/Hawaiian Pac. Is. | 43 (9.4%) | 13 (8.7%) | 13 (8.6%) | 17 (10.8%) | ||||
| % Hispanic (any race) | 62 (13.5%) | 23 (15.3%) | 20 (13.2%) | 19 (12.1%) | ||||
| % Multiracial/unknown/ refused | 38 (8.3%) | 11 (7.3%) | 7 (4.6%) | 20 (12.7%) | ||||
| Academic year | ||||||||
| % Undergraduate | 274 (59.7%) | 89 (59.3%) | 87 (57.2%) | 98 (62.4%) | ||||
| % Graduate | 185 (40.3%) | 61 (40.7%) | 65 (42.8%) | 59 (37.6%) | ||||
| School | ||||||||
| % GWU | 234 (51.0%) | 77 (51.3%) | 76 (50.0%) | 81 (51.6%) | ||||
| % UMB | 225 (49.0%) | 73 (48.7%) | 76 (50.0%) | 76 (48.4%) | ||||
| Anthropometrics | ||||||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 459 | 31.2 ± 4.4 | 150 | 31.6 ± 4.6 | 152 | 31.1 ± 4.4 | 157 | 31.0 ± 4.3 |
| BMI category | ||||||||
| % <30 | 225 (49.0%) | 72 (48.0%) | 75 (49.3%) | 78 (49.7%) | ||||
| % ≥30 | 234 (51.0%) | 78 (52.0%) | 77 (50.7%) | 79 (50.3%) | ||||
| MVPA per day | 408 | 44.5 ± 23.8 | 137 | 44.3 ± 20.3 | 138 | 42.0 ± 24.0 | 133 | 47.3 ± 26.7 |
| MVPA per day | ||||||||
| % <150 | 113 (24.6%) | 27 (18.0%) | 42 (27.6%) | 44 (28.0%) | ||||
| % 150 to <300 | 153 (33.3%) | 57 (38.0%) | 50 (32.9%) | 46 (29.3%) | ||||
| % ≥300 | 193 (42.0%) | 66 (44.0%) | 60 (39.5%) | 67 (42.7%) | ||||
| Total caloric intake | 452 | 1,827.2 ± 696.1 | 148 | 1,883.9 ± 625.7 | 149 | 1,757.1 ± 675.3 | 155 | 1,840.5 ± 774.0 |
BMI, Body Mass Index; GWU, The George Washington University; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; UMB, University of Massachusetts Boston.