Long-Term Body Weight Maintenance among StrongWomen–Healthy Hearts Program Participants
Table 1
Baseline characteristics and post-program BMI change by SWFUS response.
Characteristics at baseline
No follow-up (), mean (±SD), or %
SWFUS (), mean (±SD), or %
value
Mean age (±SD)
60.1 (10.0)
58.9 (8.4)
0.19
Race/ethnicity, %
0.09
White, non-Hispanic
92.6 (0.3)
88.1 (0.3)
Education, %
0.81
High school or less
25.4
23.8
Some college
35.5
37.3
Bachelor’s degree
20.2
17.5
Graduate training
18.9
21.4
Employed, yes, %
49.6
51.4
0.72
Household income level, %
0.56
<$50,000
54.9
49.6
$50,000–74,999
22.8
22.1
$75,000–100,000
13.3
16.0
>$100,000
9.0
12.2
Married, yes, %
67.7
77.7
Mean BMI (±SD), baseline
33.6 (6.1)
33.4 (6.1)
0.74
Mean BMI change (±SD), baseline to post-program
−0.50 (0.9)
−0.50 (0.9)
0.99
size varied from 397 to 446 due to missing data. size varied from 126 to 154 due to missing data. Differences across follow-up response were tested using Chi-square analyses and -tests. Boldface indicates statistical significance (). BMI, body mass index; SWFUS, StrongWomen Follow-Up Study.
