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. 2018 Apr 21;6(1):e000515. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2018-000515

Table 2.

Effectiveness of modified DPP program: program participation, lifestyle change, and weight loss

Variable Urban-16 Rural-16 Rural-12
Intent-to-treat: all enrolled participants
 Program sessions (n)
 Total core sessions provided 16 16 12
 Total postcore sessions provided 6 6 6
 Program participation (mean±SD)
 Core sessions attended 11.4+4.3 10.8+4.7 7.8+3.2
 Postcore sessions attended 1.6+2.0 1.4+1.8 1.8+2.2
 Total sessions attended 13.0+5.7 12.2+6.0 9.6+4.9
 Lifestyle activities (mean % time±SD)
 Daily fat gram goal met 59.5±40.3 60.1±38.9 45.1±40.8
 Daily fat gram intake reported 37.6±28.6 42.7±31.2 39.2±29.4
 Weekly activity goal met 51.4±40.8 47.4±38.8 39.2±39.7
 Weekly activity minutes reported 25.8±23.8* 35.1±27.8* 27.0±23.0
 Weight loss outcomes
 % Weight loss (mean±SD) 6.2±5.3 5.8±5.0 3.6±3.3
 Weight loss (mean kg±SD) 6.2±5.8 6.0±5.5 3.7±3.7
 Participants met: 93 (33.5) 66 (34.6) 18 (18.2)
 7% weight loss goal overall 138 (49.6) 89 (46.6) 43 (21.7)
 5% weight loss goal overall 83 (29.9) 59 (30.9) 24 (12.1)
 7% weight loss goal during core 132 (47.5) 85 (44.5) 43 (21.7)
 5% weight loss goal during core
Participants completing program
 Weight loss outcomes
 % Weight loss (mean±SD) 8.8±5.6 8.9±4.8 5.1±3.8
 Weight loss (mean kg±SD) 7.9±6.1 8.0±5.1 4.7±3.9
 Participants met 93 (46.2) 66 (52.1) 18 (25.7)
 7% weight loss goal overall 138 (65.8) 89 (70.3) 43 (28.7)
 5% weight loss goal overall 83 (41.3) 59 (46.3) 24 (16.9)
 7% weight loss goal during core 132 (65.2) 85 (66.9) 43 (28.7)
 5% weight loss goal during core

*P<0.05, Urban-16 compared with Rural-16 only. Due to program length differences, Rural-12 data were not included in comparison.

†Completion of program requirements: core—attended one of the last three sessions; postcore—attended at least one of six sessions.

DPP, diabetes prevention program.