Impact of Successful Weight Loss Maintenance on Serum Lipids and Glucose Concentrations of Previous Participants of a Weight Loss Programme in Accra, Ghana

Table 1

Baseline anthropometric and demographic characteristics of successful and unsuccessful weight loss maintainers.

Variable	SWLM ()	UWLM ()	Significance
Age (mean ± SD)	42.4 ± 11.2	38.8 ± 8.2	0.036^¶
Baseline weight (mean ± SD)	98.3 ± 12.4	94.2 ± 15.5	NS^¶
Baseline height (mean ± SD)	1.64 ± 0.08	1.64 ± 0.06	NS^¶
Baseline BMI (mean ± SD)	36.4 ± 4.6	35.1 ± 5.2	NS^¶
Gender, (%)
Male	4 (15.4)	12 (14.0)	NS^ф
Marital status, (%)
Not married	6 (23.1)	24 (27.9)	NS^ǂ
Married	20 (76.9)	62 (72.1)
Educational status, (%)
Below tertiary	1 (3.8)	10 (11.6)	NS^ф
Tertiary and above	25 (96.2)	76 (88.4)

SWLM = successful weight loss maintainers; UWLM = unsuccessful weight loss maintainers; NS = not significant. ^¶Comparison of successful and unsuccessful weight loss maintainers based on ANCOVA; ^ǂcomparison of successful and unsuccessful weight loss maintainers based on the chi-square test; ^Фcomparison of successful and unsuccessful weight loss maintainers based on Fisher’s exact test. Covariates controlled for in the ANCOVA model were total percent weight loss at the end of weight loss treatment and post-weight loss treatment time.