Shared Medical Appointments: Promoting Weight Loss in a Clinical Setting

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Table 1.

Participant Characteristics of the Weight-Loss Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs) and Patients in the Comparison Group

Characteristics	SMA Participants (n = 74)	Comparison Group (n = 356)
Sex (%)^*
Female	56 (76)	227 (64)
Male	18 (24)	129 (36)
Age at study entry (years)^†
Mean (SD)	52.4 (13.1)	47.0 (13.3)
Median	51.5	46.0
Range	22–81	17–88
Weight at baseline (lb)^†
Mean (SD)	217.3 (46.8)	184.7 (35.6)
Median	209.0	179.0
Range	139.0–344.0	120.0–339.5
BMI at baseline (kg/m²)^†
Mean (SD)	35.3 (6.3)	29.4 (4.3)
Median	34.9	28.4
Range	24.6–52.8	24.6–48.7
Weight change from baseline (lbs)^†
Mean (SD)	−1.0 (5.1)	+0.8 (7.0)
Median	−0.6	+1.2
Range	−48.0 to +36.0	−54.0 to +77.0
BMI change from baseline (kg/m²)^*
Mean (SD)	−0.3 (2.1)	+0.2 (2.1)
Median	−0.2	+0.3
Range	−8.2 to +6.3	−8.6 to +10.0
Weight (% change from baseline)^†
Mean (SD)	−1.0 (5.1)	+0.8 (7.0)
Median	−0.6	+1.2
Range	−18.7 to +14.5	−27.3 to +34.3
BMI (% change from baseline)^*
Mean (SD)	−1.1 (6.0)	+0.8 (7.1)
Median	−0.5	+1.1
Range	−27.5 to +15.0	−27.3 to +33.3
Number of SMA visits
Mean (SD)	2.9 (2.9)
Median	2.0	—
Range	1–13
Mean time between SMA visits (weeks)
Mean (SD)	11.5 (14.6)
Median	6.4	—
Range	1.3–61.0
Total duration studied (months)
Mean (SD)	4.0 (6.4)
Median	1.0	—
Range	0.03–24