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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of Veggie Van study Participants by intervention condition

From: Cluster randomized controlled trial of a mobile market intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intake among adults in lower-income communities in North Carolina

Variable

Entire Sample

Intervention

Control

Gender, %

 Male

4.2%

6.8%

1.5%

 Female

95.8%

93.2%

98.5%

Age, mean (SD)

46.30 (14.01)

47.89 (14.89)

44.52(12.83)

Number of Adults in Household, mean (SD)

1.96 (1.17)

1.99 (1.45)

1.93 (0.78)

Number of Children in Household, mean (SD)

2.17 (1.24)

2.22 (1.40)

2.12 (1.04)

Hispanic/Latino, %

2.1%

2.7%

1.5%

Race, %

 Black/African American

64.8%

68.1%

64.2%

 White

31.0%

29.2%

34.3%

 American Indian

0.7%

1.4%

0%

 Other

1.4%

1.4%

1.5%

Marital Status, %

 Married

33.3%

30.1%

36.8%

 Never Married

46.8%

47.9%

45.6%

 Divorced/Separated/Widowed

19.9%

21.9%

17.6%

Education, %

 High School Grad or less, GED, Trade or Beauty School

32.9%

37.8%

27.3%

 Some College

26.4%

25.7%

54.5%

 College Graduate

20.7%

17.6%

24.2%

 More than college

20.0%

18.9%

21.2%

Income, %

 < 10,000

21.8%

28.6%

14.8%

 10,000-29,999

32.2%

34.9%

29.6%

 30,000-49,999

21.0%

14.2%

27.9%

 50,000 or more

25.0%

22.2%

27.9%

BMI, mean (SD)

31.29 (7.81)

31.14 (7.85)

31.46 (7.82)

Receiving Government Assistance, %

 SNAP

33.8%

29.7%

38.2%

 WIC

19.0%

16.2%

22.1%

 Free/reduced price lunch

30.3%

31.1%

29.4%

 Medicaid

43.7%

48.6%

38.2%

 TANF

3.5%

5.4%

1.5%

 None

38.0%

35.1%

41.2%

  1. N = 142 (Intervention n = 74; Control n = 68) for measures of gender, number of adults in the household, number of children in the household, Hispanic/Latino; N = 140 (Intervention n = 74; Control n = 66) for age and education; N = 139 (Intervention n = 72; Control n = 67) for race; N = 141 (Intervention n = 73; Control n = 67) for marital status; N = 124 (Intervention n = 63; Control n = 61) for income; N = 131 (Intervention n = 70; Control n = 61) for BMI
  2. SD standard deviation, GED general educational development proficiency, BMI body mass index, SNAP supplemental nutrition assistance program, WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families