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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 5.

Intention-to-Treat 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=99) 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) −5.63
(−9.44, −1.81)
0.018 −7.01
(−10.16, 3.88)
0.006 −4.65
(−8.35, −0.96)
0.028
Odds ratio of achieving weight loss goals 3.07
(0.74, 12.69)
0.122 3.84
(1.02, 19.78)
0.060 4.26
(0.94, 15.59)
0.224
Change in BMI (kg/m2) −0.94
(−1.47, −0.41)
0.011 −1.37
(−2.96, −0.23)
0.072 −0.64
(−1.33, 0.05)
0.060
Change in waist-hip ratio −0.005
(−0.03, 0.02)
0.609 −0.020
(−0.06, 0.02)
0.215 0.005
(−0.02, 0.03)
0.590
Diabetes risk factors
Change in DRS −0.68
(−0.97, −0.39)
0.005 −1.64
(−2.54, −0.74)
0.010 −0.01
(−0.28, 0.27)
0.929
Change in probability of being physically
active (at least 30 minutes in most days)
0.05
(−0.03, 0.13)
0.102 0.20
(−0.13, 0.53)
0.146 −0.05
(−0.16, 0.06)
0.257
Change in probability of healthy eating
(eating vegetable and fruits every day)
0.21
(0.09, 0.34)
0.011 0.33
(0.06, 0.61)
0.030 0.13
(−0.07, 0.62)
0.340
Cardiovascular risk factors
Change in Systolic BP 1.75
(−5.15, 8.65)
0.479 2.38
(−9.90, 14.65)
0.582 1.31
(−2.51, 5.13)
0.356
Change in Diastolic BP 0.94
(−4.71, 6.58)
0.635 0.09
(−9.09, 9.23)
0.978 1.53
(−2.40, 5.46)
0.304

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