Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study participants (N=22,800).
| Characteristics | Women | Men | |||||||
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All n=19,065 |
Completers n=524 |
Noncompleters n=18,541 |
P a | All n=3735 |
Completers n=96 |
Noncompleters n=3639 |
P a | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 39.6 (11.4) | 43.4 (11.8) | 39.5 (11.3) | <.001 | 43.2 (11.7) | 46.6 (10.5) | 43.1 (11.7) | .002 | |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 29.0 (5.0) | 29.8 (4.9) | 29.0 (5.0) | <.001 | 30.8 (4.3) | 31.5 (4.3) | 30.7 (4.3) | .07 | |
| Eating behavior, mean (SD) |
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Uncontrolled eating | 51.8 (15.1) | 56.3 (14.4) | 51.6 (15.1) | <.001 | 51.7 (14.8) | 56.8 (13.6) | 51.5 (14.8) | .001 |
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Emotional eating | 43.5 (30.3) | 45.1 (28.6) | 43.5 (30.4) | .14 | 55.3 (28.9) | 57.2 (28.4) | 55.3 (28.9) | .57 |
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Cognitive restrained eating | 48.6 (11.4) | 50.6 (10.7) | 48.5 (11.4) | .002 | 47.2 (12.2) | 50.8 (10.9) | 47.1 (12.2) | .09 |
| Education, n (%) |
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.02 |
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.56 | |
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≤9 years | 1253 (6.6) | 24 (4.5) | 1229 (6.6) |
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312 (8.3) | 6 (6.3) | 306 (8.4) |
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10-12 years | 9176 (48.1) | 235 (44.8) | 8941 (48.2) |
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1840 (49.3) | 45 (46.8) | 1795 (49.3) |
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≥13 years | 8097 (42.5) | 244 (46.6) | 7853 (42.4) |
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1484 (39.7) | 44 (45.8) | 1440 (39.6) |
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Unknown | 539 (2.8) | 21 (4.0) | 518 (2.8) |
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99 (2.7) | 1 (1.0) | 98 (2.7) |
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a P value based on Mann-Whitney U test (age, BMI, uncontrolled, emotional, and cognitive restrained eating behavior) or Chi-square test (education).