Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants
| Characteristics | Intervention group n=98 |
Survey response n=83* |
Interview 6 months n=13 |
Interview 12 months n=9 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White | 49 (50%) | 43 (52%) | 10 (77%) | 6 (67%) |
| Black | 35 (36%) | 27 (33%) | 3 (23%) | 3 (33%) |
| Asian | 8 (8%) | 8 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Other | 6 (6%) | 3 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Unknown | 0 (0%) | 2 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Age | ||||
| 20–24 | 7 (7%) | 4 (5%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) |
| 25–29 | 19 (19%) | 17 (20%) | 3 (23%) | 1 (11%) |
| 30–34 | 33 (34%) | 26 (31%) | 4 (31%) | 3 (33%) |
| 35–39 | 33 (34%) | 30 (36%) | 4 (31%) | 4 (44%) |
| 40–44 | 6 (6%) | 6 (7%) | 1 (8%) | 1 (11%) |
| BMI at booking | ||||
| <25 with EGWG | 3 (3%) | 3 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (11%) |
| 25–29.9 | 55 (56%) | 51 (61%) | 9 (69%) | 6 (67%) |
| ≥30 | 40 (41%) | 29 (35%) | 4 (31%) | 2 (22%) |
| Parity | ||||
| Primigravida | 50 (51%) | 43 (52%) | 9 (69%) | 5 (56%) |
| Multigravida | 46 (47%) | 38 (46%) | 3 (23%) | 4 (44%) |
| Unknown | 2 (2%) | 2 (2%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) |
| Number of sessions attended (data from SW) | ||||
| 10+ | 19 (19%) | 19 (23%) | 6 (46%) | 4 (44%) |
| 6–9 | 8 (8%) | 8 (10%) | 3 (23%) | 1 (11%) |
| 1–5 | 19 (19%) | 15 (18%) | 3 (23%) | 3 (33%) |
| None | 52 (53%) | 41 (49%) | 1 (8%) | 1 (11%) |
*Includes those who responded either to 6-month questionnaire only or to both 6-month and 12-month questionnaires.
BMI, body mass index; EGWG, excessive gestational weight gain.; SW, Slimming World.