Table 1.
Characteristics of participants in weight loss maintainer (WLM), obese (Ob) and normal-weight (NW) groups (mean±s.d.)
| WLM (n=14) | Ob (n=15) | NW (n=18) | Overall P-valuea | Group comparisons | P-valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 49.0 ± 11.4 | 48.8 ± 7.5 | 43.6 ±8.1 | 0.17 | ||
| Sex (%) | ||||||
| Female | 88.2 | 87.5 | 89.5 | |||
| Male | 11.8 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 0.98 | ||
| Race (%) | ||||||
| Caucasian | 94.1 | 81.2 | 100 | |||
| African American | 5.9 | 12.5 | 0 | |||
| Mixed race | 0.0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.29 | ||
| BMI (kg m−2) | 23.7 ±1.6 | 34.5 ±3.8 | 21.6 ±2.0 | 0.0001 | NW, Ob | 0.0001 |
| NW, WLM | 0.02 | |||||
| Ob, WLM | 0.0001 | |||||
| Lifetime maximum BMI (kg m−2) | 33.1 ±3.0 | 35.8 ±3.8 | 22.8 ±2.2 | 0.0001 | NW, Ob | 0.0001 |
| NW, WLM | 0.0001 | |||||
| Ob, WLM | 0.053 | |||||
a
Analyses conducted using chi-square analyses for categorical data and one-way analysis of variance for continuous data.
b
Post hoc comparisons conducted using Bonferroni's test.