Table 1 Baseline participant characteristics in the SAHELI study, Chicago, Il, October 2012-November 2013

Male, %

35 %

38 %

0.87

Age, y (SD)

50 (8)

50 (7)

0.92

Born outside the United States, (%)

100 %

100 %

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Years in the United States, mean (SD)

10 (10)

12 (10)

0.58

Educational achievement: Less than high school, %

26 %

28 %

0.84

Limited English proficiency, %

19 %

53 %

<0.01

Trouble understanding health information, (%)

65 %

55 %

0.44

Minutes of moderate vigorous physical activity per week, mean (SD)^a

191 (188)

141 (141)

0.14

Minutes of bout-corrected moderate vigorous physical activity per week, mean (SD)^a

56 (114)

44 (105)

0.50

% Kilocalories from saturated fat, mean (SD)

7.7 (1.9)

7.9 (2.5)

0.77

Weight, kg (SD)

72.6 (10.9)

77.1 (14.5)

0.18

Waist circumference, cm (SD)

95 (13)

98 (11)

0.32

BMI, kg/m² (SD)

29 (5)

30 (5)

0.43

Hemoglobin A1c %

6.2 (0.9)

6.4 (1.5)

0.72

Fasting glucose, mg/dl (SD)

109 (21)

114 (44)

0.57

Total cholesterol, mg/dl (SD)

185 (32)

185 (32)

0.99

Systolic blood pressure, mm HG (SD)

127 (17)

130 (17)

0.39

Minutes of sedentary per week, mean (SD)^a

3374 (689)

3495 (775)

0.42

Minutes of total accelerometer wear time per week, mean (SD)

6062 (1376)

5970 (1268)

0.65

Kilocalories per day, mean (SD)

1167 (424)

1254 (567)

0.49

Fruit and vegetable servings per day, mean (SD)

3 (2)

2 (1)

0.16

Current tobacco use, (%)

0 %

13 %

0.11

Coping, mean (SD), range (1–5)^b

3.4 (1.1)

3.5 (1.1)

0.64

Exercise-related confidence, mean (SD), (range 5–30)^b

21.9 (5.5)

19.7 (7.9)

0.21