Table 1

Demographic data on the study population from the baseline survey (n=349)

Variable	Mean	SD	Range
Age (years)	31.1	13.4	15.0–78.0
Tenure (months)	34.0	47.6	0.0–312.0
BMI (kg/m²)	27.7	7.0	13.8–53.2

Variable	Category	N	Per cent

Gender	Male	111	32
Gender	Female	238	68
Race/ethnicity	Caucasian, non-Hispanic	199	57
	African-American, non-Hispanic	80	23
	Hispanic	42	12
	Other*	28	8
Education	Less than high school or GED	205	59
Education	High school or GED and higher	144	41
Slip-resistant shoe use	No	127	37
Slip-resistant shoe use	Yes	222	63

*Other ethnicity includes Asian American, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern and any other categories self-identified by participants.
BMI, body mass index; GED, General Educational Development test.