Table 1.
Anthropometric and psychological measurements of the study subjects; men and women (median age 46 years) starting a weight loss or maintenance programme, Milan, Italy, July 2008 to April 2014
| Sex | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n 1932) | Women (n 4998) | Total (n 6930) | |||||||
| P25 | P50 | P75 | P25 | P50 | P75 | P25 | P50 | P75 | |
| Age (years) | 38 | 47 | 56 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 37 | 46 | 55 |
| Weight (kg) | 83·8 | 93·1 | 104·7 | 64·8 | 73·0 | 82·9 | 67·7 | 78·1 | 91·1 |
| Height (m) | 1·71 | 1·75 | 1·79 | 1·57 | 1·62 | 1·66 | 1·59 | 1·64 | 1·71 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27·8 | 30·5 | 33·7 | 24·8 | 27·9 | 31·8 | 25·5 | 28·6 | 32·5 |
| STAI-X1 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 32 | 37 | 43 | 32 | 36 | 42 |
| STAI-X1 (SDS) | −0·83 | −0·46 | 0·20 | −0·76 | −0·30 | 0·38 | −0·79 | −0·35 | 0·36 |
| STAI-X2 | 30 | 35 | 41 | 34 | 40 | 48 | 33 | 39 | 46 |
| STAI-X2 (SDS) | −0·82 | −0·30 | 0·37 | −0·75 | −0·12 | 0·58 | −0·78 | −0·20 | 0·53 |
| DQ | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| DQ (SDS) | −0·88 | −0·57 | 0·24 | −0·84 | −0·35 | 0·30 | −0·88 | −0·39 | 0·29 |
| BES | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
n, number of subjects; P50, 50th percentile; P25, 25th percentile; P75, 75th percentile; STAI-X1, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (state anxiety) score; SDS, standard deviation score; STAI-X2, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (trait anxiety) score; DQ, Italian Depression Questionnaire score; BES, Binge Eating Scale score.