Table 1.
Characteristics of Participants by Temperature.
| Variables | N | Cold | Cool | Mild | Warm | Hot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −13 to 32 °F | 32 to 50 °F | 50 to 64 °F | 64 to 73 °F | 73 to 95 °F | ||
| (n = 342) | (n = 287) | (n = 208) | (n = 208) | (n = 190) | ||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 536 | 158 | 118 | 91 | 89 | 80 |
| Female | 699 | 184 | 169 | 117 | 119 | 110 |
| Ethnicity/race | ||||||
| White | 1107 | 292 | 264 | 189 | 189 | 173 |
| Other | 128 | 50 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
| Age (year) | ||||||
| 21–40 | 314 | 33.7 ± 5.4 | 31.2 ± 5.8 | 33.0 ± 5.9 | 34.0 ± 4.9 | 33.9 ± 5.2 |
| 41–60 | 614 | 51.3 ± 5.6 | 51.2 ± 5.6 | 51.7 ± 5.8 | 51.0 ± 5.9 | 50.1 ± 5.9 |
| 61–70 | 307 | 64.9 ± 3.0 | 65.3 ± 3.0 | 66.4 ± 2.4 | 65.2 ± 3.0 | 64.7 ± 3.1 |
| BMI ( kg·m−2) | ||||||
| Normal | 283 | 22.8 ± 1.7 | 22.4 ± 1.7 | 22.3 ± 1.9 | 22.2 ± 1.9 | 22.3 ± 1.7 |
| Overweight | 403 | 27.7 ± 1.4 | 27.6 ± 1.4 | 27.5 ± 1.3 | 27.8 ± 1.4 | 27.4 ± 1.4 |
| Obese | 549 | 36.6 ± 6.5 | 36.9 ±7.0 | 37.2 ± 6.3 | 36.7 ± 5.5 | 36.9 ± 7.1 |
| Current Smoking | ||||||
| Yes | 231 | 68 | 61 | 37 | 30 | 35 |
| No | 1004 | 274 | 226 | 171 | 178 | 155 |
| Education level | ||||||
| Less than high school | 49 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| High school diploma | 284 | 82 | 67 | 49 | 44 | 42 |
| Some college | 413 | 108 | 94 | 70 | 82 | 59 |
| College graduate | 336 | 102 | 79 | 52 | 46 | 57 |
| Graduate degree | 153 | 36 | 34 | 33 | 27 | 23 |
| Married | ||||||
| Married or living as married | 812 | 223 | 186 | 141 | 133 | 129 |
| Divorced or separated | 166 | 47 | 35 | 32 | 28 | 24 |
| Widowed | 51 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
| Single, never married | 206 | 58 | 52 | 30 | 35 | 31 |
| Income | ||||||
| less than USD 25,000 | 217 | 62 | 53 | 40 | 38 | 24 |
| from USD 25,000 up to USD 50,000 | 346 | 99 | 81 | 51 | 60 | 55 |
| from USD 50,000 up to USD 75,000 | 258 | 68 | 65 | 36 | 41 | 48 |
| from USD 75,000 up to USD 100,000 | 195 | 50 | 44 | 31 | 37 | 33 |
| more than USD 100,000 | 219 | 63 | 44 | 50 | 32 | 30 |
BMI: Body Mass Index, USD, A variable of ‘Other’ in Ethnicity/race included Blacks and Hispanics population; Age in years and BMI values present Mean ± Standard Deviation; All characteristics information were analyzed by descriptive statistics had no differences.