TABLE 4.
Anthropometric measures for total sample and by treatment choice groups.
| Measures | Total sample (n = 193) | FBTG intervention (n = 96) | Usual care (n = 97) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Value | n | Value | n | Value | ||
| Weight (kg), mean (s.d.) | 193 | 102.4 (18.6) | 96 | 101.9 (17.4) | 97 | 103.0 (19.7) | 0.863† |
| Height (m), mean (s.d.) | 193 | 1.6 (0.1) | 96 | 1.6 (0.1) | 97 | 1.6 (0.1) | 0.292† |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (s.d.) | 193 | 39.3 (7.3) | 96 | 38.9 (6.8) | 97 | 39.8 (7.8) | 0.591† |
| BMI categories (column %) | |||||||
| 30–34 kg/m2 (obese Class I) | 65 | 33.7 | 32 | 33.33 | 33 | 34.02 | 0.562‡ |
| 35–39 kg/m2 (obese Class II) | 56 | 29.0 | 31 | 32.29 | 25 | 25.77 | - |
| > 40 kg/m2 (obese Class III) | 72 | 37.3 | 33 | 34.38 | 39 | 40.21 | - |
| Waist circumference (WC) | |||||||
| Women, mean (s.d.) | 147 | 117.3 (12.6) | 76 | 115.3 (12.1) | 71 | 119.4 (12.8) | 0.050§ |
| Men, mean (s.d.) | 42 | 115.8 (9.0) | 20 | 117.4 (9.9) | 22 | 114.3 (8.0) | 0.384‡ |
| WC categories | |||||||
| Women > 88 cm (%)¶ | 155 | 98.6 | 75 | 98.7 | 70 | 98.6 | 0.961‡ |
| Men > 102 cm (%)¶ | 44 | 100.0 | 20 | 100.0 | 22 | 100.0 | - |
| Weight loss goal | |||||||
| Weight (kg), mean (s.d.) | 189 | 12.7 (7.3) | 95 | 13.6 (7.1) | 94 | 11.8 (7.5) | 0.076† |
kg, kilograms; s.d., standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; cm, centimetres; m, metres.
n varies owing to missing values.
†
Wilcoxon rank-sum test (non-normal data).
‡
Chi-squared test.
§
Independent t-test (normally distributed data).
¶
% ‘Yes’ reported, balance recorded as ‘No’.