The Relationship between Physical Activity Variety and Objectively Measured Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity Levels in Weight Loss Maintainers and Normal-Weight Individuals

Table 1

Characteristics of weight loss maintainer (WLM) and always normal-weight (NW) participants.

	WLM; (𝑁=226)	NW; (𝑁=169)	𝑃 *
Age (yrs)	48.8±12.4	47.0±13.5	0.17
% Female	82.3	86.4	0.33
% White Non-Hispanic	95.1	92.9	0.39
% Married	69.9	60.9	0.07
% ≥4-year college degree	78.3	87.0	0.03
% Employed	79.6	81.7	0.70
% Professional or clerical job	95.0	95.6	0.99
Current BMI (kg/m^2)	22.1±1.7	21.3±1.5	<0.001
Lifetime maximum weight (kg)	91.1±17.7	62.6±18.1	<0.001
Duration of weight loss maintenance (yrs)	13.7±9.6	—	—
Valid (≥10 h wear time) accelerometer days	7.5±0.8	7.5±0.9	0.48
Daily accelerometer wear time (h/day)	15.0±2.2	14.6±1.8	0.06
MVPA min/d	58.3±37.7	51.6±27.3	0.04
PA variety (number of different activities performed)	1.8±1.3	1.7±1.2	0.52

* P values are based on independent t-tests for continuous variables and Chi-square tests for categorical variables.