Research Article
Predictors of Weight Loss and Weight Gain in Weight Management Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Table 1
Participant characteristics.
| | Women | Men |
| N | 431 | 154 | Age | 54.0 (12.8) | 54.2 (13.5) | March weight (kg) | 97.5 (22.3) | 116.3 (26.8) | July weight (kg) | 96.2 (21.6) | 116.0 (27.0) | Weight change (kg) | −1.3 (6.4) | −0.3 (8.5) | % weight change | −1.0 (6.3) | 0.0 (8.9) | % lost 3% body weight | 30.9% | 28.6% | % gained 3% body weight | 20.9% | 22.1% | Worry about COVID-(n, %) | | | Verry worried | 127, 29.5% | 39, 25.3% | Worried | 155, 36.0% | 69, 44.8% | Somewhat worried | 127, 29.5% | 33, 21.4% | Not worried at all | 22, 5.1% | 13, 8.4% | Work at home during COVID-19 | 108, 39.6% | 52, 54.7% | Work at home before COVID-19 | 28, 10.6% | 19, 19.0% | Employment negatively affected by COVID-19 | 97, 36.5% | 37, 36.3% | Wears a mask all the time when going out | 382, 88.8% | 115, 74.7% |
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Significant sex difference ( ). |