Table 1. Participant characteristics.

	Overall (n=434)		Female (n=311)		Male (n=123)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P-valuea
Age	52.4	11.6	51.2	11.0	55.6	12.5	0.0007
Weight (kgs)	77.7	16.6	73.3	14.8	89.0	15.6	<0.0001
BMI	27.0	4.9	26.6	5.1	27.8	4.6	0.0250
Weight Change From Max (kgs)	34.2	18.5	34.2	18.5	34.3	18.6	0.9474
Weight Maintenance Duration (years)	7.8	5.2	7.8	5.1	7.6	5.5	0.6506
Gained > 5 lbs in past year	159	36.6	115	37.0	44	35.8	0.8143
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Race							0.8333
White/Caucasian	402	92.6	288	92.6	114	92.7
Hispanic	8	1.8	6	1.9	2	1.6
African American	10	2.3	8	2.6	2	1.6
Asian or Pacific Islander	4	0.9	2	0.6	2	1.6
Native American	5	1.2	4	1.3	1	0.8
Other	4	0.9	2	0.6	2	1.6
Prefer to not answer	1	0.2	1	0.3	0	0.00
Education							0.0899
High school graduate or less	9	2.1	7	2.2	2	1.6
Technical school or trade school graduate	15	3.5	11	3.5	4	3.23
Some college	48	11.1	35	11.3	13	10.6
Graduated from college	117	27.0	87	28.0	30	24.4
Some postgraduate work	52	12.0	38	12.2	14	11.4
Masters Degree (e.g., MBA, MA, MS)	129	29.7	98	31.5	31	25.2
Doctorate Degree (e.g., PhD, MD)	64	14.8	35	11.3	29	23.6
Marital Status							0.3795
Married	286	65.9	197	63.3	89	72.4
Separated	6	1.4	4	1.3	2	1.6
Divorced	38	8.8	30	9.7	8	6.5
Widowed	16	3.7	12	3.9	4	3.3
Unmarried, Living Together	24	5.5	21	6.8	3	2.4
Never Married	64	14.8	47	15.1	17	13.8

^aIndependent samples t-tests were used to compare females versus males continuous variables. Pearson Chi-Square tests were used to compare females versus males on categorical variables.