Fig. 1.

Change in risk factors by weight loss group and gender. Asterisk indicates that after adjusting for baseline triglyceride value, baseline BMI, gender, and age, losing >10 % decreased triglycerides significantly more than losing 5–10 %, which in turn decreased triglycerides more than losing <5 % (p < .05). Dagger indicates that after adjusting for effects of baseline risk factor values, baseline BMI, gender, and age, losing >10 % decreased risk factor values significantly more than losing 5–10 and <5 %, with no other differences (p < .05)