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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 Jun 5;27(7):1107–1114. doi: 10.1002/oby.22512

Table 2.

Baseline Descriptive Statistics

Exact Day Match Seven Day Match
Time Match Averaging Time Match Averaging
Baseline Median (Interquartile Range)
n = 164
Median (Interquartile Range)
n = 164
Median (Interquartile Range)
n = 237
Median (Interquartile Range)
n = 237
Overall E-Scale 87.8 (78.8, 97.2) 87.5 (59.9, 96.7) 89.1 (79.3, 99.4) 88.1 (78.5, 98.6)
Clinic Scale 87.0 (78.6, 95.9) 87.0 (78.6, 95.9) 89.1 (79.1, 99.1) 89.1 (79.1, 99.1)
Difference 1.4 (0.1, 2.0)* 0.6 (0.1, 1.0)* 0.4 (−0.2, 1.9)* −0.6 (−1.2, 0.0)*
Females E-Scale 80.6 (75.4, 88.5) 80.5 (74.2, 88.4) 80.3 (74.2, 88.6) 79.4 (72.9, 86.7)
Clinic Scale 80.2 (74.1, 87.7) 80.2 (74.1, 87.7) 80.0 (73.4, 87.7) 80.0 (73.4, 87.7)
Difference 0.9 (0.1, 1.9)* 0.6 (0.1, 1.0)* 0.4 (−0.1, 1.8)* −0.6 (1.1, 0.0)*
Males E-Scale 98.0 (90.5, 106.9) 97.2 (89.5, 106.1) 98.5 (90.0, 106.9) 97.3 (89.1, 106.1)
Clinic Scale 96.4 (90.0, 105.5) 96.4 (90.0, 105.5) 98.6 (90.0, 106.4) 98.6 (90.0, 106.4)
Difference 1.7 (0.1, 2.1)* 0.7 (0.1, 1.0)* 0.4 (−0.3, 2.0)* −0.7 (−1.3, −0.2)*
Overweight E-Scale 80.5 (71.5, 87.3) 79.7 (70.6, 87.3) 79.4 (71.7, 87.3) 79.2 (71.4, 85.7)
Clinic Scale 79.1 (0.1, 1.9) 79.1 (70.9, 86.4) 79.1 (71.4, 86.8) 79.1 (71.4, 86.8)
Difference 0.9 (0.1, 1.9)* 0.6 (0.1, 1.0)* 0.7 (−0.1, 1.8)* −0.5 (−1.1, 0.2)*
Obese E-Scale 93.4 (85.8, 105.8) 92.8 (84.7, 104.2) 96.8 (88.6, 106.3) 94.8 (87.5, 103.8)
Clinic Scale 94.3 (84.5, 104.1) 92.7 (84.5, 104.1) 95.9 (87.7, 105.0) 95.9 (−1.2, −0.3)
Difference 1.7 (0.1, 2.1)* 0.6 (0.1, 1.0)* 0.3 (−0.3, 2.0)* −0.8 (−1.2, −0.3)*
African American E-Scale 87.2 (76.9, 93.7) 86.5 (76.9, 92.7) 86.4 (76.5, 97.9) 85.2 (75.0, 96.6)
Clinic Scale 86.6 (76.4, 91.8) 86.6 (76.4, 91.8) 85.9 (76.4, 98.6) 85.9 (76.4, 98.6)
Difference 1.8 (0.3, 2.3)* 0.8 (0.2, 1.2)* 0.9 (−0.6, 2.1)* −0.6 (−1.5, 0.0)*
Caucasian E-Scale 88.5 (80.1, 98.5) 87.6 (79.5, 99.0) 90.2 (81.4, 102.5) 89.2 (80.2, 100.2)
Clinic Scale 87.3 (78.6, 98.2) 87.3 (78.6, 98.2) 90.2 (81.1, 101.1) 90.2 (81.1, 101.1)
Difference 1.1 (0.0, 2.0)* 0.6 (0.0, 1.0)* 0.3 (−0.2, 1.9)* −0.7 (−1.2, 0.0)*
Age < 30 E-Scale 84.7 (76.7, 97.2) 83.9 (75.6, 96.6) 88.8 (76.7, 99.1) 87.9 (75.2, 97.3)
Clinic Scale 84.1 (75.0, 95.9) 84.1 (75.0, 99.1) 87.7 (75.0, 99.1) 87.7 (75.0, 99.1)
Difference −1.7 (−2.1, −0.1)* −0.7 (−1.1, −0.2)* −0.6 (−2.1, 0.1)* 0.3 (−0.2, 0.9)*
Age 30–40 E-Scale 88.6 (81.2, 97.2) 88.4 (81.0, 96.9) 89.2 (80.4, 100.2) 88.3 (79.4, 98.8)
Clinic Scale 87.7 (80.0, 96.4) 87.7 (80.0, 96.4) 89.6 (80.5, 99.1) 89.6 (80.5, 99.1)
Difference −1.1 (−2.0, −0.1)* −0.5 (−1.0, −0.1)* −0.3 (−1.8, 0.3)* 0.8 (0.2, 1.3)*
Age > 40 E-Scale 86.7 (79.0, 96.2) 86.7 (78.9, 94.5) 89.2 (79.4, 99.9) 86.8 (79.2, 98.6)
Clinic Scale 86.4 (78.9, 94.5) 86.4 (78.9, 94.5) 88.6 (79.1, 98.6) 88.6 (79.1, 98.6)
Difference −0.7 (−1.9, 0.0)* −0.4 (−0.9, 0.0)* −0.3 (−1.7, 0.1)* 0.7 (0.0, 1.1)*

Note. Weight measurements are in kilograms. The difference values were computed within participant as body trace clinic weight subtracted from the e-scale weight.

* =

Significant at the multiplicity corrected significance level of 4.1667E-04.