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Published in final edited form as: Clin Obes. 2015 Oct 21;5(6):342–348. doi: 10.1111/cob.12120

Table 2.

Changes at Six Months for Weight and Psychosocial Variables by Race and Sex.

Change at 6 Month	AA women	AA men	Non-AA women	Non-AA men
	n=157	n=46	n=203	n=182
	M(SD)	M(SD)	M(SD)	M(SD)
Weight, kg	-2.4(3.9)^*	-4.0(5.7)^*	-5.0(5.6)^*¹	-4.6(6.0)^*¹
Diet
Family Support	1.1(6.3)^*	1.8(8.0)	1.4(5.2)^*	1.5(6.3)^*
Friends Support	1.0(6.0)^*	0.8(6.4)	1.6(5.4)^*	1.9(4.6)^*
Self-efficacy	-5.4(15.3)^*	-2.8(15.8)	-4.6(12.9)^*	-6.5(16.1)^*
Exercise
Family Support	-0.4(8.6)	1.3(8.9)	0.9(7.8)	0.4(8.0)
Friends Support	-0.2(9.4)	-0.8(7.5)	1.5(8.2)^*	1.4(6.6)^*
Self-efficacy	-5.2(10.6)^*	-6.5(8.3)^*	-6.1(10.1)^*	-5.4(9.8)^*

Note: Change values were calculated so a negative number represents a reduction from baseline value.

significant change from baseline, p ≤ 0.05;

different from AA women, p < 0.05. No other between group differences were identified.