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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Obes. 2017 Mar 24;7(3):166–175. doi: 10.1111/cob.12188

Table 1.

Baseline and Change from Baseline to 6 Months and 24 Months in the POUNDS Lost Study

Baseline weight and change in weight (%) from baseline to 6 and 24 months.

Variable (Number at baseline) Baseline Weight (kg) by Variable Change in Weight from Baseline to 6 months (kg) mean & 95% CI Change in Weight from Baseline to 24 months (kg) mean & 95% CI P value for Change Baseline to 6 mos P value for Change Baseline to 24 mos
Age 0.023 0.0081
 < 50 yr (349) 94.6 ± 15.8 −7.15 (−8.97, −5.32) −4.14 (−6.54, −1.73)
 > 50 yr (462) 91.6 ± 15.2 −8.11 (−9,92, −6.31) −5.70 (−8.07, −3.33)
Sex 0.0005 0.0016
 M (296) 104.5 ± 13.5 −8.39 (−10.25, −6.54) −5.87 (−8.31, −3.42)
 F (515) 86.2 ± 12.4 −6.87 (−8.65, −5.09) −3.98 (−6.31, −1.64)
Race 0.19 0.64
 White (623) 92.8 ± 15.5 −6.11 (−6.64 −5.57) −3.86 (−4.58, −3.13)
 AA (175) 93.3 ± 15.7 −6.96 (−7.86, −6.05) −3.52 (−4.78, −2.26)
 Other (13) 92.4 ± 15.3 −8.38 (−12.5, −4.23) −6.84 (−12.29, −1.30)
BMI 0.0065 0.058
 < 30 (227) 78.2 ± 9.7 −6.99 (−8.89, −5.08) −4.31 (−6.82, −1.80)
 > 30 (584) 98.6 ± 13.5 −8.27 (−10.02, −6.53) −5.53(−7.82, −3.24)
Adherence to Fat 0.021 0.025
 Fat NO (209) 94.96 ± 16.1 −6.70 (−7.46, −5.93) −4.21 (−5.51, −2.90) (N=108)
 Fat YES (136) 92.93 ± 16.0 −8.13 (−9.08, −7.19) −6.94 (−9.18, −4.70) (N=65)
Adherence to Protein <0.0001 0.048
 Pro NO (106) 91.84 ± 16.6 −4.80 (−5.75, −3.86) −3.93 (−5.66, −2.12) (N=78)
 Pro YES (239) 95.19 ± 15.8 −8.35 (−9.06, −7.65) −6.30 (−7.90. −4.71) (N=95)

Baseline data is mean ± SD; Change data are mean and 95% confidence interval; Adherence to protein and fat was determined from the 6 and 24 month telephone dietary records as being within 5% of the dietary goal for either protein or fat.