Table 2 Associations between exercise maintenance and baseline demographic, smoking, social support and hours watching television.

Maintain

N = 378

Non-maintain

N = 186

Maintain

N = 277

Non-maintain

N = 230

Maintain

N = 216

Non-maintain

N = 256

Gender

Female

300

79.4%

153

82.3%

214

77.3%

194***

84.4%

170

78.7%

209

81.6%

Age (years)

38.0

SD = 6.6

36.9

SD = 8.4

38.3

SD = 6.6

36.9**

SD = 8.0

38.7

SD = 6.5

37.1**

SD = 7.9

BMI (kg/m2)

25.5

SD = 4.7

27.8***

SD = 6.0

25.7

SD = 4.7

26.7**

SD = 5.8

25.4

SD = 4.6

27.0***

SD = 5.8

Employed

Yes

341

90.2%

154***

82.8%

250

90.3%

197

85.7%

200

92.6%

217***

84.8%

Ethnicity

White

350

92.6%

153***

82.3%

259

93.5%

192***

83.5%

203

94.0%

222***

86.7%

Income Group

< $25,000

111

29.4%

79***

42.5%

82

29.6%

89**

38.9%

57

26.4%

108***

42.2%

Marital Status

Married

181

47.9%

85

45.7%

130

46.9%

108

47.0%

106

49.1%

115

44.9%

Sep/Div/ Widowed

59

15.6%

37

19.9%

42

15.2%

39

17.0%

35

16.2%

49

19.1%

Never Married

111

29.4%

79

42.5%

105

37.9%

83

36.1%

75

34.7%

92

35.9%

Education

HS or less

35

9.26%

35

18.8%

23

8.3%

40

17.4%

15

6.9%

41

16.0%

HS + some college

128

33.8%

64

34.4%

93

33.6%

79

34.4%

73

33.8%

96

37.5%

College or more

215

56.9%

87***

46.8%

161

58.1%

111

48.3%

128

59.3%

119***

46.5%

Smoking

yes

42

11.1%

38***

20.4%

29

10.5%

39**

16.7%

24

11.1%

45**

17.6%

TV/day

1.8

SD = 1.8

2.5***

SD = 2.20

1.78

SD = 1.6

2.4***

SD = 2.1

1.7

SD = 1.5

2.4***

SD = 2.1

Social support family

3.0

SD = 1.4

2.8

SD = 1.2

3.0

SD = 1.4

2.9

SD = 1.3

3.0

SD = 1.4

2.9

SD = 1.3

Social support friend

3.0

SD = 1.2

3.1

SD = 1.2

3.0

SD = 1.2

3.0

SD = 1.2

3.0

SD = 1.2

3.0

SD = 1.2