. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 13.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Apr 22;18(9):1718–1724. doi: 10.1038/oby.2010.89

table 2.

Anthropometric measurements

Measurement	Baseline	6 Months	12 Months
Weight (kg)	128.5 ± 16.1	92.9 ± 13.3^*	84.2 ± 13.3^*
BMI (kg/m²)	46.3 ± 5.5	33.5 ± 4.8^*	30.4 ± 4.7^*
Waist circumference^a(cm)	127.3 ± 11.5	102.7 ± 12.4^*	95.6 ± 10.4^*
Waist-to-hip ratio^a	0.89 ± 0.08	0.85 ± 0.08^*	0.84 ± 0.07

Data are mean ± s.d.

n = 26.

P < 0.0003; baseline vs. 6 months and 6 months vs. 12 months.