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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: Open Obes J. 2014 Jan 24;6:1–12. doi: 10.2174/1876823720140107001

Table 3.

Regression coefficients* for the association between incentive and the outcomes at end of intervention (score at week 16 minus score at baseline [week 0]) (N=50) NIG was the reference.

Outcome measure Collective IG p-value Standard Plus Deposit IG p-value Standard IG p-value
Weight related outcomes
Change in weight (pounds) −5.05
(−1.08, −9.02)
0.027 −4.45
(−10.24, 1.33)
0.092 −5.92
(−12.6, 0.78)
0.067
Odds ratio of achieving weight loss goals 3.07
(0.74, 12.69)
0.122 4.50
(1.02, 19.78)
0.046 4.26
(0.94, 19.35)
0.060
Change in BMI (kg/m2) −1.73

(−3.35, −0.10)
0.043 −1.62

(−3.12, −0.11)
0.042 −1.89

(−3.82, 0.04)
0.052
Change in waist-hip ratio −0.007
(−0.06, 0.04)
0.69 −0.014
(−0.093, 0.065)
0.608 0.0035
(−0.064, 0.072)
0.879
Diabetes risk factors
Change in DRS −1.26
(−1.97, −0.55)
0.011 −2.05
(−2.60, −1.50)
0.001 −0.10
(−0.81, 0.60)
0.674
Change in probability of being physically
active (at least 30 minutes in most days)
0.08
(−0.10, 0.25)
0.248 0.21
(−0.04, 0.46)
0.076 −0.10
(−0.29, 0.09)
0.190
Change in probability of healthy eating
(eating vegetable and fruits every day)
0.42
(0.17, 0.68)
0.013 0.47
(0.20, 0.73)
0.011 0.36
(0.11, 0.62)
0.020
Cardiovascular risk factors
Change in Systolic BP 3.6
(−9.88, 17.09)
0.458 4.27
(−14.65, 23.19)
0.524 2.69
(−5.61, 10.99)
0.378
Change in Diastolic BP 1.78
(−8.56, 12.11)
0.622 −0.18
(−13.87, 13.51)
0.970 4.45
(−0.44, 9.34)
0.063

BMI body mass index; BP blood pressure; DRS diabetes risk score; IG incentive group; NIG non-incentive group

*

Each row shows the regression coefficients from a regression model using the outcome measure shown on the same row; the numbers in the parentheses were 95% of confidence intervals of the regression coefficients