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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 3.

Month 4 Descriptive Statistics

Exact Day Match Seven Day Match
Time Match Averaging Time Match Averaging
Median (Interquartile Range)
n = 140
Median (Interquartile Range)
n = 140
Median (Interquartile Range)
n = 179
Median (Interquartile Range)
n = 179
Overall E-scale 83.3 (72.9, 90.9) 83.3 (72.9, 90.9) 83.4 (75.5, 94.5) 83.5 (75.1, 93.9)
Clinic Scale 84.3 (73.9, 92.3) 84.3 (73.9, 92.3) 84.5 (75.9, 95.9) 84.5 (75.9, 95.9)
Difference −1.0 (−1.6, −0.4)* −1.0 (−1.6, −0.4)* −1.0 (−1.6, −0.3)* −1.0 (−1.6, −0.3)*
Females E-scale 74.4 (68.4, 82.9) 74.4 (69.0, 82.9) 76.4 (69.6, 82.5) 76.1 (69.7, 82.8)
Clinic Scale 75.9 (70.0, 84.1) 75.9 (70.0, 84.1) 77.3 (70.9, 83.6) 77.3 (70.9, 83.6)
Difference −1.0 (−1.7, −0.5)* −0.9 (−1.7, −0.5)* −1.0 (−1.7, −0.4)* −1.2 (−1.6, −0.5)*
Males E-scale 89.5 (83.5, 99.1) 89.5 (83.5, 99.1) 93.2 (83.7, 101.9) 93.1 (84.1, 102.0)
Clinic Scale 90.9 (85.0, 99.5) 90.9 (85.0, 99.5) 93.6 (85.0, 102.7) 93.6 (85.0, 102.7)
Difference −1.2 (−1.5, −0.4)* −1.0 (−1.4, −0.4)* −1.0 (−1.5, −0.3)* −0.9 (−1.5, −0.1)*
Overweight E-scale 73.3 (68.2, 83.2) 73.3 (68.4, 83.2) 77.5 (69.4, 82.8) 77.5 ( 69.6, 83.2)
Clinic Scale 74.3 (69.1, 84.1) 74.3 (69.1, 84.1) 77.7 (70.9, 83.6) 77.7 (70.9, 83.6)
Difference −1.0 (−1.6, −0.5)* −1.0 (−1.6, −0.5)* −0.9 (−1.5, −0.3)* −1.0 (−1.6, −0.3)*
Obese E-scale 90.4 (82.5, 98.2) 90.4 (82.5, 98.5) 92.6 (82.2, 101.5) 92.7 (81.6, 101.8)
Clinic Scale 91.6 (84.1, 99.5) 91.6 (84.1, 99.5) 93.2 (82.3, 102.7) 93.2 (82.3, 102.7)
Difference −1.0 (−1.6, −0.4)* −1.0 (−1.6, −0.4)* −1.0 (−1.6, −0.3)* −1.0 (−1.5, −0.3)*
African American E-scale 87.4 (71.9, 96.8) 87.4 (71.9, 96.8) 84.1 (73.4, 96.8) 83.8 (73.0, 96.6)
Clinic Scale 88.2 (72.7, 99.1) 88.2 (72.7, 99.1) 85.0 (73.6, 99.1) 85.0 (73.6, 99.1)
Difference −1.0 (−1.8, −0.5)* −1.0 (−1.8, −0.5)* −1.0 (−1.7, −0.5)* −1.1 (−1.5, −0.3)*
Caucasian E-scale 83.3 (73.0, 89.8) 83.3 (73.0, 89.8) 84.0 (76.8, 95.6) 84.7 (76.6, 95.5)
Clinic Scale 84.3 (74.1, 91.4) 84.3 (74.1, 91.4) 85.0 (76.8, 95.9) 85.0 (76.8, 95.9)
Difference −1.0 (−1.5, −0.4)* −0.9 (−1.5, −0.4)* −0.9 (−1.5, −0.2)* −1.0 (−1.7, −0.2)*
Age < 30 E-Scale 82.9 (69.8, 93.2) 82.9 (69.8, 93.2) 83.9 (73.4, 96.8) 84.6 (73.0, 96.6)
Clinic Scale 85.0 (71.4, 93.6) 85.0 (71.4, 93.6) 85.5 (73.6, 97.3) 85.5 (73.6, 97.3)
Difference 0.91 (0.2, 1.8)* 0.91 (0.2, 1.8)* 0.9 (0.1, 1.8)* 1.0 (0.3, 1.5)*
Age 30–40 E-Scale 83.5 (72.9, 90.4) 83.8 (72.9, 90.4) 83.7 (75.7, 92.9) 83.8 (76.1, 93.1)
Clinic Scale 84.6 (73.6, 91.4) 84.6 (73.6, 91.4) 85.0 (77.3, 93.6) 85.0 (77.3, 93.6)
Difference 1.02 (0.4, 1.6)* 1.0 (0.4, 1.6)* 1.0 (0.3, 1.6)* 1.04 (0.1, 1.5)*
Age > 40 E-Scale 82.2 (74.3, 94.0) 82.2 (74.3, 94.0) 82.2 (74.3, 94.0) 81.1 (73.8, 93.9)
Clinic Scale 82.3 (75.5, 95.0) 82.3 (75.5, 95.0) 82.3 (75.5, 95.0) 82.3 (75.5, 95.0)
Difference 1.2 (0.8, 1.5)* 1.0 (0.8, 1.4)* 1.2 (0.7, 1.5)* 0.9 (0.3, 1.7)*

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.