Table.
Baseline Characteristics of PROPEL Patients by Food Security Status and Usual Care and Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Groups
| Food Secure | Food Insecure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC | ILI | UC | ILI | |
| No. of patients, mean (SD) | 233 | 323 | 118 | 129 |
| Body weight (kg), mean (SD) | 102.0 (17.2) | 101.0 (16.5) | 104.0 (16.6) | 103.1 (16.2) |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 36.9 (4.7) | 36.9 (4.5) | 37.9 (4.9) | 38.0 (4.7) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 51.2 (13.8) | 49.0 (13.0) | 48.1 (13.0) | 48.2 (11.9) |
| Female, n (%) | 177 (76.0) | 283 (87.6) | 103 (87.3) | 115 (89.2) |
| African American, n (%) | 121 (51.9) | 239 (74.0) | 87 (73.7) | 93 (72.1) |
| Health Literacy, n (%) | ||||
| ≤8th grade | 59 (25.3) | 91 (28.2) | 47 (39.8) | 50 (38.8) |
| ≥9th grade | 174 (74.7) | 232 (71.8) | 71 (60.2) | 79 (61.2) |
| Educationb, n (%) | ||||
| Less than HS | 13 (5.6) | 26 (8.1) | 11 (9.3) | 11 (8.5) |
| HS | 38 (16.4) | 69 (21.4) | 32 (27.1) | 39 (30.2) |
| Some college | 95 (41.0) | 121 (37.5) | 60 (50.9) | 58 (45.0) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 52 (22.4) | 58 (18.0) | 11 (9.3) | 13 (10.1) |
| Postgraduate degree | 34 (14.7) | 49 (15.2) | 4 (3.4) | 8 (6.2) |
| Income (annual family)c, n (%) | ||||
| < $10,000 | 29 (12.8) | 45 (14.2) | 41 (35.7) | 41 (31.8) |
| $10,000-$19,999 | 44 (19.5) | 61 (19.3) | 29 (25.2) | 34 (26.4) |
| $20,000-$39,999 | 47 (20.8) | 77 (24.4) | 32 (27.8) | 35 (27.1) |
| $40,000-$59,999 | 39 (17.3) | 55 (17.4) | 9 (7.8) | 14 (10.9) |
| ≥$60,000 | 67 (29.7) | 78 (24.7) | 4 (3.5) | 5 (3.9) |
| Marital Status, n (%) | ||||
| Married | 91 (39.1) | 146 (45.2) | 28 (23.7) | 35 (27.1) |
| Divorced/separated | 50 (21.5) | 73 (22.6) | 41 (34.8) | 47 (36.4) |
| Never married | 68 (29.2) | 82 (25.4) | 41 (34.8) | 40 (31.0) |
| Widowed | 24 (10.3) | 22 (6.8) | 8 (6.8) | 7 (5.4) |
UC: Usual care; ILC: Intensive lifestyle intervention.
a
Due to missing values, the denominators for waist circumference are 232 for Food Secure UC, 322 for Food Secure ILI, and 117 for Food Insecure UC.
b
Due to missing values, the denominator for education is 232 for Food Secure UC.
c
Due to missing values, the denominators for income are 226 for Food Secure UC, 316 for Food Secure ILI, and 115 for Food Insecure UC, respectively.