Variable

Intervention (n=325) Mean (SE)/% (#)

Comparison (n=396) Mean (SE)/% (#)

p-valuea

Age

 

47.1(0.70)

46.8(0.87)

0.79

Race/ethnicity

 

 

 

<0.001

Black

 

68% (220)

64% (254)

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Indian/ Other

 

15% (49)

8% (31)

 

Education

 

12.6 (0.15)

14.3 (0.12)

<0.001

 

 

 

 

 

Job status

 

 

 

<0.001

Employed

 

55% (180)

72% (284)

 

Unemployed

 

15% (49)

8% (33)

 

Other

 

30% (96)

20% (79)

 

Incomeb

 

 

 

<0.001

<$20,000

 

46% (143)

29% (109)

 

$20,000-$50,000

 

44% (139)

40% (149)

 

≥50,000

 

10% (32)

32% (119)

 

Weight (pounds)

 

199 (3.17)

192 (2.65)

0.09

Body Mass Index

 

34.1 (0.52)

32.6 (0.43)

0.02

at-tests were used for continuous variables and chi-square tests were used for categorical variables, with adjustment for clustering within the HOPE Circles bThe income variable is missing a total of 30 values (11 from the intervention group and 19 from the comparison group)
Table 1: Intervention and comparison group demographic and health characteristics at baseline (N=721) for the HOPE Works study in rural, eastern North Carolina, 2004- 2009.