Table 1.
Comparison of Overweight and Obese Individuals Who Entered the Weight Loss Program to Those Who Did Not Enter the Program
| Total Sample (N = 109) |
Weight Loss Program (n = 55) |
No Weight Loss Program (n = 54) |
t score or χ2 score |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (% male) | 99 (90.8) | 52 (94.5) | 47 (87.0) | 1.8 |
| Age (SD) | 50.2 (9.7) | 49.4 (8.8) | 51.06 (10.6) | 0.9 |
| Ethnicity (%) | 1.3 | |||
| Black | 18 (16.5) | 10 (18.2) | 8 (14.8) | |
| White | 73 (67.0) | 37 (67.3) | 36 (66.7) | |
| Hispanic | 11 (10.1) | 5 (9.1) | 6 (11.1) | |
| Asian | 6 (5.5) | 3 (5.5) | 3 (5.6) | |
| Other | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.9) | |
| Marital status (%) | 3.9 | |||
| Married/living together | 20 (18.3) | 8 (14.5) | 12 (22.2) | |
| Divorced | 25 (22.9) | 10 (18.2) | 15 (27.8) | |
| Separated | 4 (3.7) | 3 (5.5) | 1 (1.9) | |
| Widowed | 5 (4.6) | 3 (5.5) | 2 (3.7) | |
| Never married | 55 (50.5) | 31(56.4) | 24 (44.4) | |
| Work (% yes) | 12 (11.0) | 6 (10.9) | 6 (11.1) | 0.0 |
| Education (%) | 3.0 | |||
| Less than HS | 7 (6.4) | 3 (5.5) | 4 (7.4) | |
| HS grad | 35 (32.1) | 17 (30.9) | 18 (33.3) | |
| Some college | 60 (55.0) | 33 (60.0) | 27 (50.0) | |
| College grad | 5 (4.6) | 2 (3.6) | 3 (5.6) | |
| Some grad school or advanced degree |
2 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 2 (3.7) | |
| BMI (%) | 4.0* | |||
| Overweight | 52 (47.7) | 21 (38.2) | 31 (57.4) | |
| Obese | 57 (52.3) | 34 (61.8) | 23 (42.6) | |
| BMI (SD) | 31.5 (5.4) | 32.3 (5.1) | 30.7 (5.5) | 1.6 |
| Weight in pounds (SD) | 215.7 (43.6) | 222.93 (43.3) | 208.41 (43.1) | 1.7 |
| Antipsychotic weight gain liability (%) |
1.3 | |||
| None or low | 38 (34.9) | 19 (34.5) | 19 (35.2) | |
| Moderate | 46 (42.2) | 21 (38.2) | 25 (46.3) | |
| High | 25 (22.9) | 15 (27.3) | 10 (18.5) | |
| Clinic (%) | 20.3** | |||
| Clinic A | 58 (53.2) | 41 (74.5) | 17 (31.5) | |
| Clinic B | 51 (46.8) | 14 (25.5) | 37 (68.5) |
*
p < .05;
**
p < .001