Predictors of Weight Loss Maintenance following an Insurance-Sponsored Weight Management Program

Table 5

Postprogram predictors of weight loss maintenance (𝑁=450)—Model D.

	𝑛	𝛽	Wald 𝜒^2	OR (95% CI)
Limiting snacking in the evening
No	197		—
Yes	253	0.53	6.90	1.71 (1.15–2.54)**
Limiting amount of fat consumed
No	233		—
Yes	217		0.42
Eating out less often
No	242		—
Yes	208		2.11
Limiting portion size at meals
No	188		—
Yes	262	0.84	16.71	2.32 (1.55–3.46)***
Keeping a food log or journal
No	348		—
Yes	102		3.21
Limiting soda or sweetened drinks
No	173		—
Yes	277		0.01
Counting calories
No	305		—
Yes	145		0.89

Note: ^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.01; ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001.
The Wald 𝜒² statistic, which indicates whether 𝛽 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.