Evaluating the Role of Life Events and Sustaining Conditions in Weight Loss Maintenance

Table 2

Differences between responders and nonresponders.

Variable	Responders ($N$ = 980)		Non responders ($N$ = 113)		F	Sig
Age	M = 38.6	SD = 10.4	M = 36.5	SD = 11.7	5.327	.021${}^{*}$
BMI	M = 31.7	SD = 6.6	M = 30.8	SD = 8.3	2.113	.146
Present weight	M = 189.4	SD = 42.1	M = 178.1	SD = 31.7	9.648	.002${}^{*}$
Highest weight excluding pregnancy	M = 212	SD = 45	M = 197.8	SD = 38.6	13.366	.0001${}^{*}$
Age first became overweight	M = 19.4	SD = 9.6	M = 20.4	SD = 10.06	1.347	.246
Age first attempted to lose weight	M = 22.8	SD = 9.2	M = 23.2	SD = 8.7	.260	.610

${}^{*}$ P ≤  .05.