Table 6.

Baseline factors related to six month percent weight change^* in young adults in a behavioral weight loss intervention.

	Model 1: Socio-demographic Characteristics		Model 2: Plus Body Mass Index		Model 3a: Plus physical activity and dietary intake		Model 3b: Plus physical activity and dietary intake
Model 1	Beta*	P-value	Beta*	P-value	Beta*	P-value	Beta*	P-value
Age (per 10 years)	−1.82	0.054	−1.64	0.08	−1.40	0.15	−1.43	0.14
Sex (reference=female)	−2.09	0.004	−1.95	0.001	1.92	0.01	1.78	0.02
Hispanic (reference=no)	0.11	0.94	0.13	0.93	0.10	0.95	0.10	0.95
Race (reference=non-white)	−3.08	0.0002	−3.12	0.0002	2.69	0.002	2.69	0.002
Education (reference=< college degree)	−1.66	0.04	−1.82	0.02	−1.43	0.08	−1.44	0.08
Employment (reference= full time)	−1.03	0.20	−1.08	0.18	−0.83	0.31	−0.86	0.29
Student (reference=not a student)	−0.16	0.84	−0.13	0.87	0.002	1.00	0.009	0.99
Marital status (reference=married/like married)	−0.46	0.52	−0.53	0.46	0.67	0.36	0.68	0.34
Children in home (reference=yes)	−0.55	0.49	−0.60	0.45	−0.97	0.24	−0.93	0.26
Household income (reference=<$25,000)	−1.88	0.06	−1.79	0.08	−1.66	0.11	−1.66	0.11
Model 2 addition
BMI, per 5 kg/m2			−0.64	0.10	−0.80	0.07	−0.80	0.058
Model 3 additions
Sedentary: % of monitor wear time (per 10%)					−1.40	0.19	−1.88	0.13
LPA (per 180 MET-minutes/week)					−0.29	0.09	−0.35	0.051
Total MVPA (per 180 MET-minutes/week)							−0.08	0.40
≥10 minute sessions of MVPA (per 180 MET-minutes/week)					−0.05	0.61
Dietary intake (per 250 kcal/day)					0.13	0.11	0.13	0.10
% calories protein (per 5%)					−0.45	0.39	−0.44	0.40
% calories fat (per 5%)					−0.24	0.32	−0.24	0.32

MET: metabolic equivalent; LPA: light-intensity physical activity (1.5 to <3.0 METs); MVPA: moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (≥3.0 METs).

^*Negative value indicates higher percent of weight loss.