Table 1.
Baseline sociodemographic characteristics of participants who completed the intervention and those who dropped out by month 6, Food4Me Proof-of-Principle study
| Completers (n 1270) | Dropouts (n 337) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or % | sd | Mean or % | sd | P * | |
| Age (years) | 40·8 | 13·0 | 34·8 | 12·3 | <0·001 |
| Female (%) | 57·4 | – | 66·8 | – | 0·017 |
| Ethnicity (%) | |||||
| Caucasian | 96·9 | – | 96·1 | – | 0·83 |
| Occupation (%) | |||||
| Professional and managerial | 40·0 | – | 34·6 | – | 0·53 |
| Intermediate | 26·1 | – | 25·5 | – | 0·98 |
| Routine and manual | 9·5 | – | 11·1 | – | 0·42 |
| Student | 14·0 | – | 21·2 | – | 0·13 |
| Retired | 3·0 | – | 2·4 | – | 0·39 |
| Unemployed | 7·4 | – | 5·3 | – | 0·88 |
| Anthropometrics | |||||
| Body weight (kg) | 74·6 | 15·7 | 75·4 | 17·0 | <0·001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25·4 | 4·8 | 25·9 | 5·5 | <0·001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 85·9 | 13·7 | 84·6 | 14·7 | 0·015 |
| Height (m) | 1·7 | 0·1 | 1·7 | 0·1 | 0·89 |
| Physical activity | |||||
| PAL | 1·7 | 0·2 | 1·7 | 0·2 | 0·86 |
| Sedentary behaviour (min/d) | 747 | 75·2 | 732 | 77·1 | 0·31 |
| Dietary conditions (%) | |||||
| Want to lose weight | 45·8 | – | 53·7 | – | 0·002 |
| Restricted diet | 6·7 | – | 8·3 | – | 0·66 |
| Medication use (%) | |||||
| Prescribed medication | 30·5 | – | 27·6 | – | 0·67 |
| Non-prescribed medication | 10·3 | – | 7·7 | – | 0·32 |
| Health and disease | |||||
| Total cholesterol (mmol/l) | 4·6 | 1·0 | 4·3 | 0·9 | 0·06 |
| Current smoker (%) | 11·7 | – | 13·7 | – | 0·66 |
| Cancer (%) | 1·6 | – | 0·3 | – | 0·21 |
| High blood pressure (%) | 7·9 | – | 6·8 | – | 0·21 |
| Heart disease (%) | 1·4 | – | 1·2 | – | 0·61 |
| Diabetes (%) | 0·6 | – | 0·6 | – | 0·61 |
| Blood disorders (%) | 1·1 | – | 0·6 | – | 0·29 |
PAL, physical activity level.
*
Multiple linear regression and logistic regression were used to test for significant differences between groups in continuous and categorical variables, respectively. Analyses were adjusted for age, sex and country. Significant P values are indicated in bold.