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Table 5.

Predictors of weight loss and maintenance in patients treated with mazindol

	Author, year	Predictors
Psychosocial factors and eating behaviors	Rodin et al⁴¹	PPWL: high levels of social conformity; belief that poor eating habits are crucial in producing obesity
		NPWL: high levels of responsiveness to external, non-food relevant stimuli; belief that hereditary or physical factors are causes of primary importance in producing overweight
		ntPWL: self-esteem and self-concept; emotional stability; extraversion; internal locus of control.
	Womble et al⁶⁵	NPWL: high levels of dietary restraint, perceived hunger and trait anxiety; small perceived body size
Genetic predictors	Shimizu and Mori⁶⁶	NPWL: Trp64Arg mutation of GNβ3 gene (vs Trp64Trp)
	Shimizu et al⁶⁷

Abbreviations: NPWL, negative predictor of weight loss; NPWM, negative predictor of weight maintenance; ntPWL, not predictor of weight loss; ntPWM, not predictor of weight maintenance; PPWL, positive predictor of weight loss; PPWM, positive predictor of weight maintenance.