Table 1.

Summary Statistics for Percent Body Weight Loss (%WL) Achieved and Maintained*

%WL Achieved%WL Maintained
NMSDMSD
Total3106.480.493.511.12
Gender
 Females2006.340.463.471.25
 Males1106.470.543.511.12
Age group
 18 to 441016.250.531.00a1.37
 45 to 59986.100.513.341.11
 60+1016.480.496.63a1.03
Starting BMI classification
 Overweight436.460.361.22b1.19
 Obese I1127.010.482.480.92
 Obese II707.330.534.401.13
 Obese III856.280.526.83b1.12
  • *Means having a common letter in the subscript differ significantly at or beyond the 0.05 level of confidence.

  • Abbreviations: SD, Standard deviation; BMI, Body mass index.