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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Educ Behav. 2013 Feb 20;45(4):314–321. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2012.12.004

Table 1.

Change in Weight, Self-efficacy, and Behavior Measures at Baseline and 6 and 12 Months of Participants (n = 537) in Established and Established Plus DASH Groups of PREMIER Trial, Mean (SD)

Baseline 6 Months 18 Months
Body mass index (kg/m2) 33.2 (5.9) 31.2 (5.9) 31.7 (6.2)

Weight (lb) 210.9 (42.7) 199.1 (42.5) 201.2 (44.0)

Daily caloric intake (kcal) 1,957.0 (638.0) 1,687.4 (526.2) 1,679.9 (522.5)

Daily servings of fruit and vegetable 4.6 (2.4) 6.5 (3.2) 6.1 (3.3)

Percent of calories from fat (%) 33.4 (7.8) 26.6 (9.0) 28.2 (8.7)

Weekly minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity 220.3 (333.5) 274.9 (272.8) 260.7 (284.5)

Cardiorespiratory fitness (beats/min) 131.1 (14.6) 121.8 (15.9) 121.3 (16.4)

Dietary self-efficacy
Total sample 119.7 (12.5) 115.2 (15.0) 114.6 (15.1)
Tertiles (based on baseline scores)
 High 132.1 (2.5) 123.2 (13.2) 122.0 (13.7)
 Medium 122.5 (3.3) 115.2 (14.8) 115.3 (12.9)
 Low 106.0 (9.3) 108.3 (13.3) 107.1 (14.6)

Exercise self-efficacy
Total sample 49.6 (8.2) 43.7 (10.6) 43.3 (10.8)
Tertiles (based on baseline scores)
 High 57.8 (2.0) 48.7 (9.3) 47.5 (11.1)
 Medium 51.0 (2.1) 44.6 (9.8) 44.7 (9.6)
 Low 40.5 (6.8) 38.6 (10.3) 37.9 (9.6)

DASH indicates Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.