Participant recruitment and retention in a pilot program to prevent weight gain in low-income overweight and obese mothers

Table 1 Demographic Comparison of Retainers and Dropouts (N = 118)

Demographics	Retainers (n = 48)		Dropouts (n = 70)		Statistical test	P-value
	M	SD	M	SD
Age (years)	26.4	4.10	24.7	3.80	t(116) = 2.3	0.02
Postpartum (years)	1.31	0.83	1.03	0.81	t(116) = 1.8	0.07
Body mass index (kg/m²)	32.03	4.49	31.67	3.88	t(116) = 0.47	0.64
	N	%	N	%
Race					χ² (1) = 0.462	0.57^a
African American	23	47.92	38	54.29
White	25	52.08	32	45.71
Smoking status¹					χ² (2) = 0.94	0.65^a
Never smoked	21	43.75	36	52.17
Smoke but quit	16	33.33	18	26.09
Smokers	11	22.92	15	21.74
Education					χ² (3) = 13.78	0.00^a
Some high school	6	12.50	15	21.43
High school	25	52.08	31	44.29
Some college or technical school	6	12.50	21	30.00
College degree or higher	11	22.92	3	4.29
Employment Status					χ² (6) = 7.76	0.26^a
Full time	11	22.92	16	22.86
Part time	10	20.83	14	20.00
Homemaker	15	31.25	9	12.86
Self-employed	1	2.08	3	4.29
Unemployed	7	14.58	17	24.29
Students	3	6.25	9	12.86
Other	1	2.08	2	2.86

¹N = 69 for dropouts. Retainers are defined as participants who completed either telephone interview or a body weight measure at one-year follow up. ^aExact probabilities

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