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Table 2.

Average Tolerable Risk Expressed as Percent for Weight Loss and Histograms of Skewness.

Average Risk for Weight Loss (n=71)
% Wt Loss	Mean Death Risk	Median	Skewness	Mean SAE Risk	Median	Skewness
5	3.360	0.000	3.703	7.270	0.010	2.178
10	3.470	0.000	3.676	6.720	0.010	2.343