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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Mar 31;19(8):1609–1615. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.56

Table 3.

Baseline characteristics by weight loss categories

Weight Gained Weight Stable Weight Loss & Relapse Late Weight Loss Weight Loss & Maintenance
N= 18 N= 228 N= 74 N= 33 N= 154
Male (N,%) 5, 28% 90, 40% 25, 34% 11, 33% 67, 44%
African American (N,%) 10, 56% 93, 41% 23, 31% 14, 32% 34, 22%
Group B1 (N,%) 9, 50% 116, 51% 40, 54% 16, 49% 74, 48%
Group C2 (N,%) 9, 50% 112, 49% 34, 46% 17, 51% 80, 52%
Obesity (N, %)
 Overweight 3, 17% 66, 29% 21, 28% 10, 30% 62, 40%
 Obese I 8, 44% 67, 29% 22, 30% 15, 46% 39, 25%
 Obese II 7, 39% 95, 42% 31, 42% 8, 24% 53, 35%
Age (mean, SD) 44, 9.8 49, 9.0 49, 8.2 53, 10 51, 7.7
1

Treatment Group B consisted of established lifestyle recommendations

2

Treatment Group C consisted of established lifestyle recommendations +DASH