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

Published in final edited form as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012 Jul 13;112(9):1428–1435. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.05.014

Table 1.

Prevalence of diet-related strategies and associations of 12-month weight change with change in dietary intake from baseline to 12- among postmenopausal women in a dietary weight loss intervention

				Association with weight change at 12-months (%)^c
Diet-Related Strategy	Using Strategy^a	Dietary intake variable^b	mean diff^c	ß ^d	95% CI	p value
Reduce number of calories	86.9%	Calories/d (kcals/d)^*	−339.5	−0.0008	(−0.002,0.007)	0.30
Decrease fat intake	88.6%	% calories from fat^*	−7.2	−0.12	(−0.23,−0.01)	0.038
		% calories from protein^*	1.7	−0.24	(−0.54, 0.05)	0.10
Eat less high carbohydrate foods	75.6%	% calories from CHO^*	6.7	0.14	(0.045,0.23)	0.004
		Dietary Fiber (g/d)^*	2.8	0.12	(−0.018, 0.26)	0.09
Increase fruits and vegetables	90.2%	Fruits and Vegetables (svgs/d)^*	1.7	0.063	(−0.29, 0.41)	0.73
Eat less meat	63.4%	% calories from animal protein	−0.73	0.04	(−0.21, 0.13)	0.64
		% calories from saturated fat^*	−4.6	−0.12	(−0.27, 0.03)	0.12
Cut out Sweets	60.2%	Added sugars (g/d)^*	−14.8	−0.0005	(−0.04,0.04)	0.98
Drink fewer alcoholic beverages	37.4%	Alcohol (g/d)	−1.5	−0.04	(−0.14, 0.06)	0.45

mean difference significant at p value < .05

based on yes or no response

based on food frequency data cmean difference= 12-month value minus baseline, ^{de, d(Baseline Weight-Weight at 12 months)/Baseline Weight} Estimated ß adjusted for intervention arm, baseline BMI, marital status, race/ethnicity, and marital status for all dietary variables.

Fiber, fruits and vegetables, added sugar, water intake also adjusted for change in caloric intake