Table 5.
Features of overweight and obese patients according to the outcome
| Drop-out |
Continuing the program |
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| Overall | WL < 5% | WL ≥ 5% | ||
| (n = 29) | (n = 64) | (n = 27) | (n = 37) | |
| Sex (M:F) | 8:21 | 19:45 | 6:21 | 13:24 |
| Age (yr) | 45.3 ± 11.4 | 46.7 ± 11.7 | 48.1 ± 12.1 | 45.7 ± 11.4 |
| Current smoking (n) | 15 (51.7) | 40 (62.4) | 14 (51.6) | 26 (70.2) |
| Menopause (n) | 9 (42.9) | 22 (48.9) | 11 (52.4) | 11 (45.8) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 31.0 ± 4.3 | 32.1 ± 5.0 | 32.8 ± 4.8 | 31.6 ± 5.2 |
| Body fat mass (%) | 46.6 ± 4.9 | 46.9 ± 5.3 | 47.8 ± 5.3 | 46.3 ± 5.4 |
| Waist (cm) | 99.3 ± 13.2 | 99.9 ± 17.5 | 112.7 ± 12.3 | 99.7 ± 20.5 |
| Metabolic syndrome (n) | 10 (34.5) | 23 (35.9) | 10 (37.0) | 13 (35.1) |
| Weight loss (%) | - | -5.6 ± 3.5 | -2.5 ± 1.7 | -7.8 ± 2.5 |
| Taste thresholds | ||||
| Sweet (log g/L) | 0.87 ± 0.35 | 0.80 ± 0.48 | 0.79 ± 0.52 | 0.81 ± 0.46 |
| Salty (log g/L) | 0.27 ± 0.49 | 0.25 ± 0.57 | 0.23 ± 0.53 | 0.26 ± 0.61 |
| Sour (log g/L) | -0.25 ± 0.48 | -0.15 ± 0.62 | -0.24 ± 0.52 | -0.08 ± 0.68 |
| Bitter (log g/L) | -0.27 ± 0.31 | -0.21 ± 0.29 | -0.26 ± 0.28 | -0.16 ± 0.29 |
| GTAS | 7.6 ± 2.0 | 7.6 ± 1.9 | 7.8 ± 1.7 | 7.4 ± 2.1 |
Data are reported as mean ± SD or counts (%). No significant differences were detected in ANOVA comparison among drop out, WL < 5% and WL > 5%. GTAS: Global Taste Acuity Score; BMI: Body mass index; M:F: Male:Female; WL: Weight loss.