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

Table 2

Comparison of successful and unsuccessful weight loss maintainers on key weight variables, post-treatment time, and physical activity.

Variable	Mean ± SD (95% confidence interval)		Significance
	SWLM ()	UWLM ()
Change in BMI from baseline to follow-up time (Kg/m^2)^Ф	−4.9 ± 2.4 [−5.9 to −3.9]	1.1 ± 1.9 [0.7 to 1.49]	<0.001
% weight loss at the end of weight loss programme^†	−14.4 ± 6.9 [−17.2 to −11.6]	−5.5 ± 4.4 [−6.5 to −4.6]	<0.001
% weight loss achieved at follow-up time^ф	−13.3 ± 6.2 [−15.8 to −10.8]	3.0 ± 5.0 [1.9 to 4.1]	<0.001
Post-treatment time (months)^¶	45.2 ± 37.5 [37.9 to 55.2]	58.0 ± 31.1 [53.7 to 63.3]	NS
% weight regained median (IQR) (%)^Ѧ	1.2 [−4.3 to 7.6]	9.1 [5.0 to 12.5]	<0.001
Minutes/week of total physical activity median (IQR) (minutes)^Ѧ	130 [30 to 210]	100 [0 to 210]	NS

SWLM = successful weight loss maintainers; UWLM = unsuccessful weight loss maintainers; NS = not significant. Negative sign depicts a decrease in weight, BMI, or percent weight. ^ФComparison of successful and unsuccessful maintainers based on ANCOVA with model adjusted for total percent weight loss at the end of weight loss treatment and post-weight loss treatment time; ^†comparison of successful and unsuccessful maintainers based on ANCOVA with model adjusted for only post-treatment time; ^¶comparison of successful and unsuccessful maintainers based on ANCOVA with model adjusted for only percent weight loss at the end of weight loss programme; ^Ѧcomparison of successful and unsuccessful maintainers based on Mann–Whitney Utest.