Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of participants who enrolled in the BLC or the SC programs.
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Total (n=1334) | BLC (n=953) | SC (n=381) | P valuea | |
| Gender, % (n) |
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Female | 85.9 (1146) | 85.2 (812) | 87.7 (334) | .22 |
| Age in yrs, mean (SD) |
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36.7 (10.3) | 36.5 (10.7) | 37.1 (9.1) | .35 |
| Ethnicity, % (n) |
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Anglo-Saxon | 51.0 (680) | 49.5 (472) | 54.6 (208) | .55 |
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Other | 18.8 (251) | 19.9 (189) | 16.3 (62) |
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Did not wish to respond | 30.2 (403) | 30.6 (292) | 29.1 (111) |
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| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) |
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32.3 (7.0) | 33.0 (7.1) | 30.6 (6.5) | <.001 |
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Normal weight % (n) | 12.4 (166) | 10.3 (98) | 17.9 (68) | <.001 |
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Overweight % (n) | 31.8 (424) | 29.1 (277) | 38.6 (147) |
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Obese % (n) | 55.8 (744) | 60.7 (578) | 43.6 (166) |
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aDifferences between programs tested using chi-square test for categorical data and t tests for continuous data.