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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2021 Apr;40(4):242–251. doi: 10.1037/hea0001042

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics

Total
(N=92)
FI
(n=35)
Food Secure
(n=57)
p

Mean (S.E.) Mean (S.E.) Mean (S.E.)
Age (years) 40.5 (1.5) 43.7 (2.6) 38.5 (1.9) 0.10
Slosson Intell Test 96.9 (1.5) 91.8 (2.1) 100.0 (1.8) 0.006*
%White# 78% 71% 83% 0.05
% Income <$20,000 45% 63% 33% 0.006*
%Married# 41% 29% 49% 0.04*
Time Since Last Paycheck (weeks ago) 2.4 (0.2) 2.7 (0.3) 2.3 (0.2) 0.27
Weight (kg) 81.0 (2.2) 84.6 (3.3) 78.8 (2.9) 0.20
BMI (kg/m2) 29.8 (0.8) 31.8 (1.3) 28.6 (1.0) 0.03*
% Body Fat 37.7 (1.0) 40.4 (1.3) 36.0 (1.3) 0.03*
Waist Circumference (cm) 98.6 (2.2) 103.4 (3.1) 95.6 (3.0) 0.09
Subjective hunger (0–100) 36.3 (2.8) 35.2 (4.9) 36.9 (3.3) 0.76
Hours since last meal 9.5 (0.6) 10.5 (1.0) 8.9 (0.8) 0.23
Hours since last snack 6.8 (0.5) 7.7 (0.9) 6.3 (0.6) 0.22
Blood Glucose (mg/dL) 102.2 (3.5) 113.4 (8.5) 95.3 (1.8) 0.04*
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test – C (AUDIT-C) 1.9 (0.2) 2.03 (0.4) 1.8 (0.3) 0.63
Drug Abuse Screening Test-10 (DAST-10) 1.3 (0.2) 1.3 (0.3) 1.4 (0.2) 0.83
Endorsed cigarette use 24% 31% 19% 0.19
Endorsed nicotine vape use 7% 7% 5% 0.53
BFFS - Fruits and Vegetables 13.3 (0.7) 11.3 (1.1) 14.6 (1.0) 0.03*
BFFS - Dietary Fat 22.4 (0.8) 21.8 (1.5) 22.7 (1.0) 0.61
Perceived Stress Survey 17.3 (0.8) 20.1 (1.1) 15.5 (0.9) 0.003*

Note.

#

largest group by percentage

*

p<0.05