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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics: overall and by site

From: Recruitment of young adults into a randomized controlled trial of weight gain prevention: message development, methods, and cost

  

All randomized N = 599 N(%)

Providence N = 292 N(%)

University of North Carolina N = 307 N(%)

Age

18-25

213(35.6)

97(33.2)

116(37.8)

 

26-35

386(64.4)

195(66.8)

191(62.2)

Sex

Male

130(21.7)

59(20.2)

71(23.1)

 

Female

469(78.3)

233(79.8)

236(76.9)

Race

African American

66(11.0)

15(5.1)

51(16.6)

 

American Indian

0(0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

 

Asian/Pacific Islander

24(4.0)

7(2.4)

17(5.5)

 

White (Non-Hispanic)

438(73.1)

227(77.7)

211(68.7)

 

Hispanic

46(7.7)

28(9.6)

18(5.9)

 

Other/Mixed

25(4.2)

15(5.1)

10(3.3)

Education

<High school graduate

1(0.2)

0(0.0)

1(0.3)

 

High school graduate

25(4.2)

15(5.1)

10(3.3)

 

Any college

372(62.1)

192(65.8)

180(58.6)

 

Post college

201(33.6)

85(29.1)

116(37.8)

Body mass index (kg/m 2 )

<25

277(46.2)

104(35.6)

173(56.4)

 

≥25

322(53.8)

188(64.4)

134(43.6)