Table 2.

Sociodemographic and covariate (ACE, anxiety and depressive symptom) characteristics

Characteristics	Valid n	M (SD) or percentage
ACE score	229	2.35 (2.1)
Age	229	42.28 (11.95)
Body Mass Index (BMI; kg/m2)	229	47.64 (8.7)
Class I or II (BMI≥30)	37	16.2
Class III (BMI≥40)	192	83.8
Experienced Weight Bias* (SSI-B > 0)	220	96.1
Female	188	82.1
Hispanic/Latino/a	43	18.8
Race	229
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	1
Asian	2	1
Black or African American	42	18.3
Multiracial	15	6.6
Other/undisclosed	19	8.3
White	149	65.1
Medicaid insurance (SES proxy)	70	30.6
Anxiety symptoms	196	4.07 (4.5)
Depressive symptoms	196	8.80 (8.2)

Note. ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences), SSI-B (Stigmatizing Situations Inventory-Brief). Age, BMI, ACE, and anxiety and depressive symptoms are mean (standard deviation). All other data are n (%).

^*at least once in life on average.