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. 2019 Dec 4;19:1089. doi: 10.1186/s12885-019-6279-8

Table 3.

Uptake, retention and weight loss across breast cancer risk categories in the two studies

Study-1 Women informed of their breast cancer risk prior to invite to the weight loss programme Study-2 Women informed of their breast cancer risk part way through the weight loss programme
10-year risk of breast cancer Invited n Uptake n (%) Retention at 12 months n (%) Weight loss kga % Losing ≥5% weight n (%) Invited n Uptake n (%) Retention at 12 months n (%) Weight loss kg a % Losing ≥5% weight n (%)
Low (< 2%) 560 28 (5) 15 (54) −2.9 (−4.3 to −1.4) 12 (43) 541 26 (5) 7 (27) −1.1 (−2.7 to + 0.5) 2 (8)
Average (< 5 to > 2%) 437 38 (9) 29 (76) −5.9 (−7.8 to −3.9) 22 (58) Not invited
Moderately increased (≥5 to < 8%) 187 30 (16) 20 (67) −7.0 (−9.9 to −4.1) 17 (57) 60 9 (15) 6 (60) −5.3 (−13 to + 2.6) 3 (33)
High (≥8%) 172 30 (17) 22 (73) −7.1 (−9.7 to −4.5) 21 (70) 137 17 (12) 11 (69) −5.2 (−8.5 to −1.9) 7 (41)
Total/average 1356 126 (9) 86 (68) - 6.2 (−7.3 to −5.0) 72 (57) 738 52 (7) 24 (46) −3.2 (−5.0 to −1.4) 12 (23)

a Baseline observation carried forward weight loss mean change (95% CI)