Clinical Study
Telemedical Coaching Improves Long-Term Weight Loss in Overweight Persons: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 2
Distribution of BMI categories between groups at baseline.
| | | TMC group (n=58) | TM group (n=61) | Control group (n=61) |
| | Overweight (BMI <30 kg/m2) [n] | 19 (32.8%) | 17 (27.9%) | 14 (23.0%) |
| | Moderately obese (BMI 30-34,9 kg/m2) [n] | 20 (34.5%) | 26 (42.6%) | 25 (41.0%) |
| | Severely obese (BMI 35-39,9 kg/m2) [n] | 16 (27.6%) | 13 (21.3%) | 13 (21.3%) |
| | Very severely obese (BMI >40 kg/m2) [n] | 3 (5.2%) | 5 (8.2%) | 9 (14.8%) |
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TMC, telemedical coaching group; TM, telemedical group. Frequency of BMI categories was not different between all groups.
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