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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 10.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 May 6;30(6):1268–1278. doi: 10.1002/oby.23429

Table 1.

Characteristics of Look AHEAD Cohort Participating in COVID Questionnaire (June - December 2020), by Race/Ethnicity

Overall African American/Black AI/AN Hispanic White Other
N 2950 490 167 407 1792 94
Age, yrs 75.8 ± 6 (62.2, 93.7) 75.4 ± 5.9 (63.2, 93.7) 71.6 ± 6.1 (62.2, 90.6) 75 ± 5.5 (63.2, 92.2) 76.5 ± 6 (62.9, 93.5) 75.6 ± 5.7 (63.7, 88.5)
Gender
   Male 1091 (37%) 103 (21%) 33 (19.8%) 101 (24.8%) 819 (45.7%) 35 (37.2%)
   Female 1859 (63%) 387 (79%) 134 (80.2%) 306 (75.2%) 973 (54.3%) 59 (62.8%)
BMI, kg/m2 33.6 ± 6.2 (17.4, 62.8) 34.2 ± 6.3 (18.2, 55.8) 33 ± 7.6 (17.8, 62.3) 33.1 ± 6 (20.9, 62.8) 33.7 ± 6.1 (17.4, 60.3) 32.7 ± 6 (21.8, 48.5)
BMI group
   Underweight/Normal (< 25 kg/m2) 145 (5.4%) 29 (6.4%) 19 (11.7%) 23 (5.8%) 64 (4%) 10 (11.4%)
   Overweight (25.0 - 29.9 kg/m2) 692 (25.7%) 92 (20.3%) 50 (30.7%) 110 (27.9%) 416 (26.1%) 24 (27.3%)
   Obese (> 30 kg/m2) 1855 (68.9%) 333 (73.3%) 94 (57.7%) 261 (66.2%) 1113 (69.9%) 54 (61.4%)
Multimorbidity Index (continuous) 2.9 ± 1 (0, 7) 2.8 ± 1 (1, 6) 2.6 ± 0.9 (0, 5) 2.8 ± 0.9 (1, 6) 3 ± 1.1 (0, 7) 2.9 ± 1 (1, 5)
Multimorbidity Index
   Low (≤ 3) 2217 (75.2%) 398 (81.2%) 142 (85%) 323 (79.6%) 1283 (71.7%) 71 (75.5%)
   High (> 3) 730 (24.8%) 92 (18.8%) 25 (15%) 83 (20.4%) 507 (28.3%) 23 (24.5%)
Asset Categories
   $0 - $100,000 680 (23.1%) 174 (35.5%) 106 (63.5%) 167 (41%) 212 (11.8%) 21 (22.3%)
   $100,001 - $500,000 892 (30.2%) 161 (32.9%) 43 (25.7%) 94 (23.1%) 570 (31.8%) 24 (25.5%)
   $500,000+ 839 (28.4%) 69 (14.1%) 6 (3.6%) 44 (10.8%) 683 (38.1%) 37 (39.4%)
   Missing 539 (18.3%) 86 (17.6%) 12 (7.2%) 102 (25.1%) 327 (18.2%) 12 (12.8%)
COVID Infection
   Yes 165 (5.6%) 27 (5.5%) 26 (15.6%) 33 (8.1%) 77 (4.3%) 2 (2.2%)
   No 2775 (94.4%) 461 (94.5%) 141 (84.4%) 372 (91.9%) 1710 (95.7%) 91 (97.8%)
Randomization Arm
   Control 1428 (48.4%) 241 (49.2%) 84 (50.3%) 188 (46.2%) 869 (48.5%) 46 (48.9%)
   Intervention 1522 (51.6%) 249 (50.8%) 83 (49.7%) 219 (53.8%) 923 (51.5%) 48 (51.1%)