Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: The challenge of a 2-year follow-up after intervention for weight loss in primary care

 

Measured final weight (N=203)

Self-reported final weight (N=138)

No recorded final weight (N=431)

P-valuea

Baseline age (years)

51.99±13.00

48.94±12.30

44.72±12.31

0.029

Baseline weight (kg)

85.83±11.40

87.59±12.47

86.84±11.26

0.188

Females (N (%))

171 (84.24%)

119 (86.23%)

378 (87.70%)

0.725

Mean 12-month weight change (kg)

−5.79±5.98 (N=203)

−5.18±6.84 (N=103)

−3.75±4.99 (N=138)

0.442

Mean 24-month weight change (kg)

−3.90±6.90

−2.81±5.93

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0.119

  1. Mean (± standard deviation) is given if not otherwise noted.
  2. aP-value is given for the difference between the group with measured and the group with self-reported final weight (the t-test; the chi-square test was used for comparison of the proportion of female participants).
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