Motivation for Participating in a Weight Loss Program and Financial Incentives: An Analysis from a Randomized Trial

Table 1

Baseline demographic characteristics.

	All participants	WEB	WPI	𝑃 value
	(𝑁=594)	(𝑛=325)	(𝑛=269)
Age (years; M ± SD)	47.68 ± 9.72	47.61 ± 10.03	47.75±9.35	0.86
Weight (kg)	92.87 ± 20.27	93.83 ± 20.75	91.71 ± 19.66	0.21
BMI (kg/m^2)	33.50±6.59	33.36±6.58	33.65 ± 6.62	0.60
Autonomous motivation	5.66±0.95	5.63±1.00	5.68±0.88	0.55
Controlled motivation	2.24±1.05	2.26±1.07	2.21±1.02	0.59
College education or higher (n, %)	369 (62.1%)	204 (62.8)	165 (61.3)	0.74
Female	463 (77.9)	237 (72.9)	226 (84.0)	<0.001
Married	413 (69.5)	230 (70.8)	183 (68.0)	0.52
White/Non-Hispanic	487 (82.0)	268 (82.5)	219 (81.4)	0.86

^∗Note. Values are mean ± standard deviation. No responses were given for specific demographic questions: education status (𝑛=28), gender (𝑛=28), marital status (𝑛=29), and race (𝑛=31).