Table 4.

Demographic and Starting BMI Classification by Maintenance Outcomes*

Did Not Maintain CIWLMaintained CIWL
8396
N%%
Total179
Gender
 Females10967.555.8
 Males7032.544.2
Age group
 18 to 445937.730.1
 45 to 595633.825.2
 60+6428.6a44.7a
Starting BMI classification
 Overweight2618.111.5
 Obese I6942.235.4
 Obese II4826.527.1
 Obese III3613.3b26.0b
  • *Means having a common letter in the subscript differ significantly at or beyond the 0.05 level of confidence.

  • Abbreviations: CIWL, clinically important weight loss; SD, Standard deviation.