Group Participation by CIWL Maintenance*
| Number of Sessions | Multiple Regular Groups | Any Multiple Groups | Any Advanced Groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance | N | M† | SD | M‡ | SD | %§ | % | % |
| Outcome | ||||||||
| Maintained a CIWL | 96 | 13.72a | 1.67 | 1.95 | 1.11 | 45.4 | 61.2 | 632.5b |
| Did not maintain a CIWL | 83 | 13.29a | 1.44 | 1.82 | 1.31 | 49.5 | 62.1 | 48.1b |
↵*Means having a common letter in the subscript differ significantly at or beyond the 0.05 level of confidence based on a t-test for independent group means. Percentages having a common letter in the subscript differ significantly at or beyond the 0.05 level of confidence based on a z-test for independent proportions.
↵†Mean number of sessions attended.
↵‡Mean number of groups attended.
§Percent of individuals who participated.
Abbreviations: CIWL, clinically important weight loss; SD, Standard deviation.