Journal of Obesity

Research Article

What Behaviors Are Important for Successful Weight Maintenance?

Table 1

Comparison of baseline characteristics and changes in weight and BMI.
USWM ( 𝑛 = 5 4 )SWM ( 𝑛 = 3 6 ) 𝑃 c
Baseline
 Men (%)23 (42.6)21 (58.3)0.143
 Age (yr) 5 4 . 9 ± 6 . 0 5 4 . 8 ± 6 . 8 0.930
 Height (cm) 1 6 1 . 3 ± 8 . 6 1 6 3 . 3 ± 1 0 . 0 0.317
 Weight (kg) 7 9 . 1 ± 1 1 . 1 8 4 . 7 ± 1 7 . 1 0.064
 BMI (kg/m2) 3 0 . 3 ± 3 . 0 3 1 . 6 ± 4 . 8 0.120
At the end of the program
 Weight (kg) 7 6 . 6 ± 1 1 . 0 7 4 . 3 ± 1 4 . 6 0.382
 BMI (kg/m2) 2 9 . 5 ± 2 . 9 2 7 . 9 ± 4 . 2 0.033
At the end of the followup
 Weight (kg) 7 8 . 6 ± 1 1 . 5 7 6 . 0 ± 1 4 . 6 0.356
 BMI (kg/m2) 3 0 . 3 ± 3 . 1 2 8 . 6 ± 4 . 1 0.027
Weight change from baseline (%)a − 3 . 1 ± 4 . 3 − 1 2 . 0 ± 5 . 8
Weight change from baseline (%)b − 0 . 7 ± 3 . 1 − 9 . 9 ± 5 . 2
Values are means ± SD. BMI: body mass index. SWM: successful weight maintainers. USWM: unsuccessful weight maintainers.
aBetween baseline and after intervention.
bBetween baseline and followup.
cProportion of men was compared by chi-square test. Age, height, weight, and BMI were compared by t-test.