. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 4.

Published in final edited form as: Ann Behav Med. 2013 Dec;46(3):369–381. doi: 10.1007/s12160-013-9517-3

Table 1.

Patient characteristics and weight outcomes (N=880), mean (SD), or percentage

	SD (n=287)	IT (n=301)	PC (n=292)	All (n=880)
% of randomized	84.2	86.7	85.6	85.5
Race and sex distribution (%)
AA men	9.8	12.0	13.4	11.7
AA women	25.4	24.3	22.3	24.0
Non-AA men	28.2	25.9	25.7	26.6
Non-AA women	36.6	37.9	38.7	37.7
Age	56.0 (8.6)	56.0 (8.5)	55.8 (9.1)	55.9 (8.7)
BMI at randomization	30.7 (4.5)	31.0 (4.8)	31.0 (4.7)	30.9 (4.7)
Weight at randomization (kg)	86.9 (15.0)	88.1 (15.2)	88.1 (17.1)	87.7 (15.8)
Change in weight (kg) from randomization to 30 month follow-up	5.9 (6.3)	5.2 (5.8)	4.0 (5.3)	5.0 (5.9)

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