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

Table 3

Comparison of successful and unsuccessful weight loss maintainers on fasting blood lipids, fasting blood glucose, and glycosylated haemoglobin concentrations.

Variable	Mean ± SD (95% confidence interval)		P value
	SWLM ()	UWLM ()	Model 1	Model 2
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.16 ± 0.99 [4.76–5.57]	5.59 ± 1.06 [5.37–5.82]	0.067	0.043^ƛ
Low density lipoprotein (LDL) (mmol/L)	3.58 ± 0.92 [3.22–3.96]	3.87 ± 0.99 [3.66–4.08]	0.199	0.104^ƛ
High density lipoprotein (HDL) (mmol/L)	1.22 ± 0.38 [1.07–1.37]	1.17 ± 0.32 [1.10–1.24]	0.512	0.365^ƛ
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.79 ± 0.28 [0.68–0.91]	1.17 ± 0.51 [1.06–1.28]	<0.001	0.147^ƛ
Fasting blood glucose (FBG) (mmol/L)	4.48 ± 0.72 [4.19–4.78]	4.73 ± 1.00 [4.52–4.95]	0.245	0.557^¶
HbA1c (%)	5.52 ± 0.39 [5.36–5.68]	5.59 ± 0.59 [5.47–5.72]	0.555	0.411^¶

SWLM = successful weight loss maintainers; UWLM = unsuccessful weight loss maintainers. Comparison of successful and unsuccessful maintainers is based on ANCOVA: Model 1, unadjusted model; Model 2, adjusted model. ^ƛAdjusted for total percent weight loss and post-treatment time and having hypercholesterolemia (categorical variable), cholesterol-lowering medication status (categorical variable), and total percent regain based on survey time, age, gender, and follow-up BMI; ^¶adjusted for total percent weight loss and post-treatment time and having hypercholesterolemia (categorical variable) and total percent regain based on survey time, age, gender, and follow-up BMI; significant P value.