. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2012 May;42(5):481–485. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.01.005

Table 1.

Characteristics of respondents trying to lose weight and achieving ≥5% and ≥10% weight loss (n=2523)^*

Characteristics	All obese respondents trying to lose weight, %	Lost ≥5% of body weight (n=1026), %	Lost ≥10% of body weight (n=510), %

Gender
Female	56	55	57
Male	44	45	43

Race:
White	70	70	68
Black	15	14	14
Hispanic	11	11	14
Other race	4	5	4

Age, years
20–29	13	17^*	19^*
30–39	19	18^*	18^*
40–49	25	23^*	27^*
50–59	22	22^*	20^*
60–69	13	14^*	10^*
≥70	7	7^*	6^*

Education
< High school	17	18	21
High school grad	26	26	25
> High school	57	56	54

Income, $
<20,000	19	20	23^*
20,000–44,999	31	31	31^*
45,000–74,999	24	22	23^*
≥75,000	25	25	22^*

Health Status
Excellent/very good	39	45^*	50
Good	38	33^*	29
Fair/poor	23	23^*	21

Smoking status
Nonsmoker	53	51^*	50^*
Current smoker	21	26^*	29^*
Former smoker	26	24^*	21^*

Diabetes	16	18	20^*

Asterisks denote significant differences for that particular sample characteristic between those who manifest that weight change pattern and those who did not.