Table 1.
Characteristics according to average yearly weight change
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lost ≥0.45 kg/years (n = 145) | Weight stablea (n = 1168) | Gained ≥0.45 kg/years (n = 530) | Lost ≥0.45 kg/years (n = 90) | Weight stable (n = 1112) | Gained ≥0.45 kg/years (n = 805) | |
| Baselineb | ||||||
| Age (years), mean (s.d.) | 41.1 (7.6) | 38.5 (8.0) | 35.9 (7.6) | 42.7 (6.4) | 38.3 (7.9) | 35.6 (7.1) |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (s.d.) | 29.2 (4.1) | 26.7 (3.2) | 26.4 (3.8) | 30.2 (7.3) | 23.6 (4.0) | 24.2 (4.5) |
| Weight, baseline (kg), mean (s.d.) | 89.2 (13.3) | 81.6 (11.3) | 81.1 (12.9) | 79.1 (20.5) | 61.1 (10.7) | 63.5 (11.9) |
| Start of follow-up (end of weight change period) | ||||||
| Age (years), mean (s.d.) | 54.2 (6.7) | 52.6 (6.6) | 50.7 (5.9) | 55.7 (6.0) | 52.5 (6.6) | 50.5 (5.6) |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (s.d.) | 26.1 (3.8) | 27.0 (3.2) | 30.4 (4.5) | 26.4 (6.4) | 24.3 (3.9) | 29.4 (5.6) |
| Alcohol intake (g/week), mean (s.d.) | 19.0 (32.4) | 17.9 (22.2) | 17.0 (21.8) | 7.3 (15.1) | 8.5 (12.9) | 7.2 (12.6) |
| Cigarettes per day, mean (s.d.) | 9.4 (15.9) | 6.3 (12.7) | 6.2 (13.2) | 8.3 (13.2) | 5.4 (10.5) | 4.7 (10.5) |
| Physical activity index, mean (s.d.) | 13.3 (8.9) | 13.7 (9.8) | 12.56 (8.9) | 10.1 (7.5) | 12.2 (7.4) | 11.8 (7.5) |
| Weight change, kg/year, mean (s.d.) | −0.73 (0.25) | 0.06 (0.23) | 0.82 (0.37) | −0.78 (0.40) | 0.12 (0.22) | 0.93 (0.46) |
| Education (>HS), n (column %) | 77 (53.1) | 745 (63.8) | 365 (68.9) | 37 (41.1) | 623 (56.0) | 446 (55.4) |
| T2DM, n (column %) | 27 (18.6) | 59 (5.1) | 32 (6.0) | 15 (16.7) | 27 (2.4) | 30 (3.7) |
| Dyslipidemia, n (column %) | 59 (40.7) | 597 (51.1) | 329 (62.1) | 41 (45.6) | 387 (34.8) | 417 (51.8) |
| HBP, n (column %) | 59 (40.7) | 467 (40.0) | 233 (44.0) | 47 (52.2) | 307 (27.6) | 240 (29.8) |
BMI body mass index, HBP high blood pressure, HS high school, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus.
aWeight stable indicates weight loss or gain of <0.45 kg/year.
bBaseline is at the beginning of weight change period