Table 4.
Behavioral Variables in Large Gainers, Small Gainers and Weight Stable Participants (adjusted for baseline level, time, and randomization group)
| Baseline | 1 Year | 2 Year | Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | LS Mean | SE | LS Mean | SE | P-value | |
| Diet Variables | |||||||
| Calories / day | |||||||
| Weight Stable | 1630 | 591 | 1469 | 35 | 0.095 | ||
| Small Gainers | 1652 | 615 | 1505 | 34 | |||
| Large Gainers | 1769 | 751 | 1634 | 67 | |||
| Fat % | |||||||
| Weight Stable | 35.9 | 5.4 | 36.9 | 0.5 | 0.55 | ||
| Small Gainers | 35.1 | 5.8 | 36.9 | 0.5 | |||
| Large Gainers | 34.7 | 5.7 | 35.7 | 1.0 | |||
| Healthy Eating Index | |||||||
| Weight Stable | 60.6 | 11.0 | 64.0 | 0.7 | 0.047 | ||
| Small Gainers | 60.2 | 11.0 | 62.1 | 0.7 | |||
| Large Gainers | 58.6 | 12.3 | 60.5 | 1.4 | |||
| Physical Activity Variables | |||||||
| Sedentary (% of day) | |||||||
| Weight Stable | 64.4 | 9.2 | 64.6 | 0.7 | 64.0 | 0.7 | 0.44 |
| Small Gainers | 64.8 | 10.4 | 63.7 | 0.7 | 64.1 | 0.7 | |
| Large Gainers | 60.4 | 10.9 | 65.4 | 1.3 | 65.6 | 1.4 | |
| Light Activity (% of day) | |||||||
| Weight Stable | 25.2 | 7.6 | 24.1 | 0.6 | 24.7 | 0.6 | 0.21 |
| Small Gainers | 24.5 | 7.4 | 25.6 | 0.6 | 25.4 | 0.6 | |
| Large Gainers | 29.3 | 7.2 | 24.9 | 1.1 | 24.4 | 1.1 | |
| Moderate Activity (% of day) | |||||||
| Weight Stable | 9.7 | 4.3 | 10.1 | 0.4 | 10.7 | 0.4 | 0.038 |
| Small Gainers | 10.2 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 0.4 | 9.9 | 0.4 | |
| Large Gainers | 9.6 | 6.5 | 8.6 | 0.8 | 8.5 | 0.8 | |
| Vigorous Activity (% of day) | |||||||
| Weight Stable | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.51 |
| Small Gainers | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
| Large Gainers | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | |
| Minutes/day of Moderate or Vigorous Activity | |||||||
| Weight Stable | 88.9 | 42.8 | 93.2 | 4.3 | 92.0 | 3.9 | 0.051 |
| Small Gainers | 91.1 | 54.6 | 88.2 | 4.3 | 86.1 | 3.9 | |
| Large Gainers | 83.7 | 57.5 | 75.2 | 7.9 | 77.5 | 7.5 | |
| Minutes/day of Moderate Vigorous Activity in 10-minute bouts | |||||||
| Weight Stable | 36.9 | 31.3 | 40.3 | 3.0 | 42.3 | 3.1 | 0.039 |
| Small Gainers | 40.7 | 40.7 | 39.9 | 3.0 | 39.2 | 3.0 | |
| Large Gainers | 34.7 | 42.4 | 27.8 | 5.5 | 28.9 | 5.8 | |
| Percent reporting frequent self-weighing * | |||||||
| Weight Stable | 40% | 69%a | 68%a | 0.0002 | |||
| Small Gainers | 26% | 57%a,b | 46%b | ||||
| Large Gainers | 38% | 45%b | 49%b | ||||
*
Includes participants reporting weighing themselves several times per week or ≥ each day. The full list of response options was: ≥ each day; several times per week; once per week; less than once per week; less than once per month; never.