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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2011 Mar 8;36(1):130–136. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2011.24

Table 3.

Barriers to weight loss and APOA2 m265 genotypea,b

Never or sometimes
exhibit the behaviour, n		 Very often exhibit
the behaviour, n		 Odds
ratio 		95%
CI lower 		95 %
CI upper 		P
TC+TT Do you skip meals? 846 81 1
CC 102 21 2.09 1.22 3.59 0.008
TC+TT Is your eating planned in advance? 450 457 1
CC 68 48 0.64 0.43 0.96 0.034
TC+TT Do you have binges? 845 80 1
CC 107 15 1.58 0.85 2.94 0.151
TC+TT Do you eat vegetables three times a week? 76 852 1
CC 15 108 0.61 0.34 1.12 0.109

Abbreviations: APOA2, apolipoprotein A-II; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

a

OR represents the likelihood of exhibiting the behaviour for APOA2 m265 CC subjects compared to TT+TC subjects (reference group).

b

Adjusted by age, gender and treatment centre.