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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 9.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Res. 2007 Apr;27(4):194–199. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2007.01.016

Table 3.

Subject mean weight change (kg) during controlled 2-week weight-maintenance period by group and ethnicity1,2

Weight change (kg)
Never-
overweight3 		Overweight3 Weight-
reduced3 		P
Group Ethnicity
Total3,4 -0.18 ± 0.31a -0.17 ± 0.37a 0.38 ± 0.84b < 0.001
AA5 -0.19 ± 0.31 -0.18 ± 0.38 0.34 ± 0.81 0.595
C6 -0.17 ± 0.30 -0.16 ± 0.36 0.42 ± 0.89
1

Mean ± SD

2

Means in a row with different superscript letters are significantly different, P < 0.05

3

Total group: n = 47 for never-overweight, n = 170 for overweight, n = 51 for weight-reduced

4

268 observations, 217 subjects

5

African American: n = 26 for never-overweight, n = 170 overweight, n = 27 for weight-reduced

6

Caucasian: n = 21 for never-overweight, n = 79 for overweight, n = 24 for weight-reduced