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

Table 5

Proportion of successful and unsuccessful weight loss maintainers achieving normal concentrations of serum lipids and glucose.

Variable	SWLM () % (n)	UWLM () % (n)	P value
Total cholesterol (<5.17 mmol/L)	53.8 (14)	36.0 (31)	0.105^†
LDL (≤2.59 mmol/L)	11.5 (3)	8.1 (7)	0.695^¶
HDL (≥1.03 mmol/L)	57.7 (11)	60.5 (34)	0.800^†
Triglyceride (<1.7 mmol/L)	100.0 (26)	87.2 (75)	0.055^†
FBG (3.6–6.4 mmol/L)	88.5 (23)	91.9 (79)	0.462^†
HbA1c (<6.0%)	92.3 (24)	84.9 (73)	0.590^†

SWLM = successful weight loss maintainers; UWLM = unsuccessful weight loss maintainers. ^†Comparison of SWLM and UWLM based on Pearson’s chi-square test; ^¶comparison of SWLM and UWLM based on Fisher’s exact test.