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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 11.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Oct;23(10):2009–2014. doi: 10.1002/oby.21211

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants.*

Variable Control Group CTM Group
n=781 n=812 p-value
Age, y 19 ± 0.4 19 ± 0.4 0.431
Gender, female/male 39/39 47/34 0.241
Body Mass Index, kg/m2 22.7 ± 2.9 23.0 ± 3.1 0.494
Body weight, kg 66.6 ± 12.5 67.6 ± 12.5 0.621
Body weight, kg, females 59.2 ± 8.8 61.6 ± 8.4 0.394
Body weight, kg, males 74.1 ± 11.2 76.4 ± 12.3 0.208
Body Mass Index categories
<24.9 kg/m2, % 80 77 0.691
25-29.9 kg/m2, % 17 19 0.832
≥30 kg/m2, % 3 4 0.675
*

Values are means ±SD. Significant differences among groups were determined by t-test for continuous variables, and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables.

1

Randomized n=82, of which 4 never initiated trial or provided data.

2

Randomized n=85, of which 3 never initiated trial or provided data, and 1 was excluded from analysis.

CTM denotes Caloric Titration Method.