Research Article

Psychobehavioural Factors Are More Strongly Associated with Successful Weight Management Than Predetermined Satiety Effect or Other Characteristics of Diet

Table 4

Subjects in the higher-satiety food (HSF) and lower-satiety food (LSF) groups. Mean ± SD.

HSFLSFP a

𝑛 (males/females)42 (12/30)40 (9/31)0.53b
Age (years) 4 9 . 6 ± 9 . 5 4 9 . 1 ± 9 . 1 0.83
Height (cm) 1 6 7 . 6 ± 8 . 0 1 6 5 . 8 ± 9 . 3 0.35
Body weight (kg), before weight loss 9 5 . 7 ± 1 0 . 8 9 4 . 6 ± 1 3 . 1 0.67
Body weight (kg), after weight loss 8 3 . 7 ± 8 . 9 8 2 . 6 ± 1 0 . 2 0.63
Body mass index (kg/m2), before weight loss 3 4 . 0 ± 2 . 3 3 4 . 3 ± 2 . 7 0.60
Body mass index (kg/m2), after weight loss 2 9 . 8 ± 2 . 1 3 0 . 0 ± 2 . 3 0.63

aStudent’s 𝑡 -test; bChi-square.