Table 3a.

Association between baseline characteristics and weight change during the weight-loss phase (0–6 months) of dietary intervention; multivariate regression analysis^a

Variable in the model	β-coefficient	P-value
Age	0.014	0.762
Sex	–2.287	0.119
Diet intervention group	–0.717	0.049
Initial weight	–0.082	0.003
HMW adiponectin, baseline	–0.222	0.044
Leptin concentration, baseline	0.001	0.985
Insulin concentration, baseline	0.018	0.642
TSH, baseline	–0.105	0.682

Abbreviations: HMW adiponectin, high-molecular-weight adiponectin; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone.

^aAdjusted simultaneously to all the variables in the model; the variables are in continuous form, except for sex (men vs. women) and diet intervention group (1 = low-fat, 2 = Mediterranean, 3 = low-carbohydrate); weight change is measured as percent of changes at 6 months as compared with baseline.