2.4. Covariates
Prior to analysis, we collapsed three demographic variables, including race, education, and ethnicity. Race was recoded as white (including participants who identified as white), non-white (including participants who identified as Black, multi-racial, Asian, unknown, prefer not to say, some other race, or American Indian or Alaska Native), and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (including participants who identified as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander). Education was recoded as college degree (including participants who have a bachelor’s or associate degree, and masters or professional degree), and no college degree (including participants who selected prefer not to say, less than high school, trade/technical/vocational degree, high school diploma no college, and some college no degree). Ethnicity was recoded to Hispanic (including participants who selected yes) and Non-Hispanic (including participants who selected no, or prefer not to say). We adjusted for baseline demographics, including age, recoded race, recoded ethnicity, recoded education level, sex assigned at birth (male, female), and body mass index (BMI; calculated through self-reported height and weight).