Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the DPS intervention and control group participants in this sub-study at the baseline.

From: Eating behavior dimensions and 9-year weight loss maintenance: a sub-study of the Finnish Diabetes prevention study

 

Intervention group

Control group

p-valuea

N

Mean (SD)

Min-Max

N

Mean (SD)

Min-Max

Age, year

51

53.9 (7.6)

39.8–64.6

47

53.2 (7.2)

40.9–64.8

0.631

Women, %

 

60.7

 

61.7

0.926b

Weight (kg)

51

86.2 (15.4)

60.5–120.2

47

87.7 (15.4)

61.4–131.5

0.641

BMI (kg/m2)

51

30.9 (4.1)

24.6–40.2

47

31.7 (5.1)

24.8–48.9

0.596

Cognitive restraint of eating, totalc

51

9.0 (5.2)

0–20

46

9.6 (4.7)

1–20

0.491

Flexible restraintc

51

2.4 (2.1)

0–7

46

2.6 (1.9)

0–7

0.343

Rigid restraintc

51

2.7 (1.8)

0–7

46

3.0 (1.8)

0–7

0.558

Disinhibitionc

51

5.6 (2.6)

1–15

46

6.2 (3.4)

1–15

0.543

Susceptibility to hungerc

51

4.2 (2.6)

1–11

46

4.6 (3.3)

1–14

0.815

  1. DPS the Diabetes Prevention Study, BMI body mass index.
  2. aComparison between the intervention and control groups by using Mann–Whitney U Test or chi-square.
  3. bPearson chi-square.
  4. cScores of the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire subscale.