Predictors of Weight Loss Maintenance following an Insurance-Sponsored Weight Management Program
Table 3
In-program predictors of weight loss maintenance ()—Model B.
Wald
OR (95% CI)
In-program weight loss
Not clinically significant (5%)
208
—
Clinically significant (≥5%)
220
3.45
Months in the program
12
94
—
1.00
6–12
182
−0.60
4.73
0.55 (0.32–0.94)*
≤6
152
−0.09
0.14
0.92 (0.58–1.46)
Perceived Phase I weight loss
Good/excellent
228
—
1.00
Acceptable
110
0.79
9.91
2.19 (1.35–3.58)**
Poor/disappointing
90
−0.41
1.85
0.67 (0.37–1.20)
Perceived Phase I effort/success balance
Success effort
179
—
Success effort
188
0.27
Success effort
61
0.88
Perceived difficulty to
Start an exercise routine
Difficult to extremely difficult
244
—
Easy to extremely easy
184
1.39
Change diet
Difficult to extremely difficult
258
—
Easy to extremely easy
170
1.91
Lose weight
Difficult to extremely difficult
267
—
Easy to extremely easy
161
2.99
Continue regular exercise routine
Difficult to extremely difficult
313
—
1.00
Easy to extremely easy
115
0.77
7.56
2.15 (1.25–3.71)**
Stick with diet changes
Difficult to extremely difficult
331
—
1.00
Easy to extremely easy
97
0.80
7.37
2.24 (1.25–4.00)**
Note: ; ; . The Wald statistic, which indicates whether for each variable is significantly different than zero, and the variable is a significant predictor of weight loss maintenance and is reported for all variables, but an OR is only reported for significant predictors. Each variable is presented in the order in which the repeated contrasts were conducted. Thus, within each variable, each level moving down the rows of the table should be compared with the level of the variable in the row immediately above it. Thus, ORs should be interpreted as the change in the likelihood of being a successful maintainer (SM) that results in a one-unit increase in the predictor variable represented by a move one row down in the table.
