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. 2007 Sep 19;22(11):1553–1559. doi: 10.1007/s11606-007-0353-7

Table 3.

Long-term Effects (6 Months; Only Completers’ Data)

Variable Consultation without genetic information (126) Consultation with genetic information (121) No consultation (97) Statistics (repeated-measure ANOVA)
BMI
Baseline 35.2 (5.0) 35.8 (7.2) 36.6 (5.1) G: F = 2.5 (p = 0.08)
6 months later 34.6 (5.2) 35.0 (5.5) 36.5 (5.3) T: F = 6.2 (p = 0.01)
G × T: F = 0.9 (p = 0.40)
Restraint eating
Baseline 26.47 (7.7) 28.76 (7.0) 27.91 (6.4) G: F = 1.9 (p = 0.15)
6 months later 28.12 (8.1) 29.04 (6.7) 29.17 (7.3) T: F = 12.2 (p = 0.001)
G × T F = 1.9 (p = 0.15)
Self-efficacy
Baseline 29.52 (5.0) 29.29 (4.6) 29.32 (5.3) G: F = 0.0 (p > 0.5).
6 months later 29.24 (4.6) 29.76 (4.1) 29.78 (5.6) T: F = 1.1 (p = 0.29)
G × T: F = 1.6 (p = 0.20)
Feeling guilty
Baseline 19.2 (5.1) 20.4 (5.5) 20.4 (5.0) G: F = 2.8 (p = 0.06);
6 months later 18.1 (5.4) 19.5 (5.4) 19.4 (5.5) T: F = 22.4 (p = 0.0001)
G × T: F = 0.1 (p > 0.5)
Body acceptance*
Baseline 19.67 (6.3) 19.24 (5.4) 18.71 (5.6) G: F = 1.3 (p = 0.27)
After consultation 21.38 (6.2) 21.13 (5.3) T: F = 9.9 (p = 0.002)
G × T: F = 1.8 (p = 0.16)
6 months later 20.78 (6.1) 19.37 (5.1) 19.71 (5.6)
Negative affectivity*
Baseline 21.09 (7.3) 21.06 (7.0) 22.12 (8.2) G: F = 0.6 (p > 0.5)
After consultation 13.90 (13.9) 13.02 (4.3) T: F = 11.1 (p = 0.001)
6 months later 20.31 (7.7) 19.72 (7.0) 20.61 (7.1) G × T: F = 0.4 (p > 0.5)

G: consultation group (3), T: assessment time point (2 or 3), G × T: interaction of diagnostic group and assessment time point in ANOVA.

*As these variables included post intervention assessments; only data from the 2 intervention groups were included into the ANOVA.