Research Article
Cumulative Weight Exposure Is Associated with Different Weight Loss Strategies and Weight Loss Success in Adults Age 50 or Above
Table 1
Characteristics of the 4562 study participants.
| | | Low CWE
≤6.56 | Mid CWE
6.57–20.86 | High CWE
≥20.87 | value |
| | General characteristics | | | | | | Age (years) | 64.2 ± 9.6 | 64.6 ± 9.2 | 62.9 ± 8.6 |
<0.01 | | Men (%) | 550 (36.2) | 820 (53.9) | 730 (48.0) | <0.01 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 26.3 ± 2.5 | 30.8 ± 2.6 | 37.8 ± 5.7 | <0.01 | | Obesity status | | | | | | Obese at age 25 | 3 (0.2) | 19 (1.2) | 279 (18.3) | <0.01 | | Obese 10 years ago | 11 (0.7) | 339 (22.3) | 1239 (87.5) | <0.01 | | Obese 1 year ago | 96 (6.3) | 1009 (66.3) | 1496 (98.4) | <0.01 | | Currently obese | 94 (6.2) | 907 (59.6) | 1466 (96.4) | <0.01 | | Successful weight loss | 502 (33.0) | 684 (45.0) | 842 (55.4) | <0.01 | | Race/ethnicity | | | | 0.01 | | Non-Hispanic white | 1006 (66.2) | 852 (56.0) | 767 (50.4) | | | Non-Hispanic black | 174 (11.4) | 281 (18.5) | 404 (26.6) | | | Hispanic | 272 (17.9) | 357 (23.5) | 319 (20.9) | | | Other | 68 (4.5) | 31 (2.0) | 31 (2.0) | | | Education level | | | | 0.61 | | Less than high school | 636 (41.8) | 624 (41.0) | 616 (40.5) | | | High school | 339 (22.3) | 318 (20.9) | 349 (20.9) | | | College or above | 533 (35.1) | 565 (37.1) | 547 (36.1) | | | Smoking level | | | | | | Currently smoking | 323 (21.3) | 327 (21.1) | 316 (20.8) | 0.99 | | Household annual income | | | | 0.01 | | ≤$20,000 | 314 (20.7) | 336 (22.1) | 386 (25.4) | | | $20,000–54,999 | 573 (37.7) | 556 (36.6) | 597 (39.3) | | | ≥55,000 | 374 (24.6) | 354 (23.3) | 397 (19.5) | | | Marital status | | | | 0.02 | | Married/partner | 805 (53.0) | 858 (56.4) | 784 (51.5) | |
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Data are presented as mean (SD) for continuous variables and (%) for categorical variables.
CWE = cumulative weight exposure.
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