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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2015 May 30;49(2):248–258. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.02.011

Table 3.

Weight Change of Members With Consecutive Annual Renewal

Average cumulative weight change at renewal, kg, mean (95% CI)*;**

Renewal period N Starting Weight, kg Mean (95% CI) YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 YEAR 6 YEAR 7
No renewal
Females 124,837 98.2 (98.0, 98.3)
 Males 8,003 121.9 (121.3, 122.5)

1 year
Females 69,489 97.9 (97.7, 98.0) −5.9 (−6.0, −5.9)
 Males 5,140 119.2 (118.4, 119.9) −7.8 (−8.0, −7.5)

2 years
Females 38,236 97.4 (97.2, 97.6) −6.6 (−6.7, −6.5) −6.7 (−6.8, −6.6)
 Males 2,844 118.9 (117.9, 119.8) −8.8 (−9.2, −8.4) −8.8 (−9.3, −8.3)

3 years
Females 23,380 97.0 (96.7, 97.3) −6.7 (−6.8, −6.6) −7.1 (−7.2, −6.9) −6.9 (−7.0, −6.8)
 Males 1,697 118.3 (117.1, 119.5) −9.0 (−9.5, −8.5) −9.1 (−9.8, −8.5) −8.8 (−9.5, −8.2)

4 years
Females 14,549 96.6 (96.3, 96.9) −6.8 (−7.0, −6.7) −7.2 (−7.4, −7.1) −7.1 (−7.3, −7.0) −7.1 (−7.3, −6.9)
 Males 1,022 117.7 (116.1, 119.3) −9.1 (−9.7, −8.4) −9.2 (−10.0, −8.5) −9.1 (−9.9, −8.3) −9.0 (−9.8, −8.2)

5 years
Females 8,855 96.5 (96.1, 96.9) −7.0 (−7.2, −6.8) −7.4 (−7.6, −7.2) −7.3 (−7.5, −7.1) −7.3 (−7.5, −7.1) −7.4 (−7.6, −7.2)
 Males 646 116.3 (114.4, 118.3) −8.9 (−9.8, −8.1) −9.4 (−10.4, −8.4) −9.3 (−10.3, −8.3) −9.2 (−10.2, −8.1) −9.2 (−10.3, −8.1)

6 years
Females 4,983 96.2 (95.6, 96.7) −7.0 (−7.3, −6.8) −7.5 (−7.8, −7.3) −7.4 (−7.6, −7.1) −7.3 (−7.6, −7.0) −7.5 (−7.8, −7.3) −7.9 (−8.2, −7.6)
 Males 364 118.3 (115.5, 121.0) −9.0 (−10.1, −7.8) −9.6 (−11.0, −8.2) −9.6 (−11.1, −8.2) −8.9 (−10.4, −7.4) −9.0 (−10.5, −7.4) −8.7 (−10.2, −7.2)

7 years
Females 2,145 96.3 (95.5, 97.1) −7.0 (−7.4, −6.7) −7.4 (−7.8, −7.0) −7.3 (−7.6, −6.9) −7.2 (−7.6, −6.8) −7.4 (−7.8, −6.9) −7.8 (−8.2, −7.3) −8.2 (−8.6, −7.7)
 Males 144 116.7 (112.4, 120.9) −9.1 (−11.1, −7.1) −9.6 (−11.8, −7.3) −9.6 (−12.0, −7.2) −9.0 (−11.4, −6.6) −9.6 (−12.4, −6.9) −9.5 (−12.3, −6.7) −9.6 (−12.2, −7.1)
*

p-values <0.001 for difference between cumulative weight change and starting weight.

**

There was no statistically significant difference between the weight change at year one and subsequent years of follow up, except for years 6 and 7 for females (p=0.001 and p<0.001, respectively).