Table 1.
The characteristics and weight loss outcomes for completers and non-completers (completers are defined as those who attended for 10 or more of the 12 sessions of the referral period; non-completers are those who attended 9 or fewer sessions)
| Completers, n = 19,907 |
Non-completers, n = 14,364 |
t-value | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| average | SD | average | SD | |||
| Height, m | 1.65 | 0.09 | 1.65 | 0.09 | −1.46 | 0.144 |
| Weight, kg | 99.7 | 20.1 | 99.0 | 19.8 | −5.32 | <0.001 |
| Age, years | 49.3 | 14.4 | 44.5 | 14.1 | −28.12 | <0.001 |
| Weight change, kg | −5.5 | 3.8 | −1.8 | 2.3 | 95.09 | <0.001 |
| Percent weight change | −5.5 | 3.5 | −1.8 | 2.3 | 99.94 | <0.001 |
| Weeks attended | 11.5 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 2.6 | −292.13 | <0.001 |
| Start BMI, kg/m2 | 36.9 | 6.5 | 36.6 | 6.5 | −5.05 | <0.001 |
| End BMI, kg/m2 | 34.9 | 6.3 | 36.0 | 6.4 | 12.75 | <0.001 |
| BMI change, kg/m2 | −2.0 | 1.3 | −0.7 | 0.9 | 97.81 | <0.001 |