. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2019 Dec 10;58(3):378–385. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2019.10.003

Appendix Table 1.

Characteristics for Those Who Followed-up Versus Those Who Did Not Follow-up After 1 Month

Variable	Lost to follow-up (n=3,504)	Followed-up (n=7,973)
Gender
Men	52.3	47.0
Women	47.7	53.0
Age at baseline, years	36.1 (14.3)	38.4 (14.5)
Initial BMI kg/m²	26.4 (5.6)	27.2 (5.9)
Race/Ethnicity
European/North American	55.0	48.9
Haitian/Black Caribbean	5.1	8.2
African American	2.5	2.5
African	2.8	2.6
Mexican/Central American	5.0	6.3
South American/Caribbean	4.7	5.1
Brazilian	11.5	13.8
South Asian	4.9	5.7
East/South East Asian	5.8	4.5
Middle East/North African	2.7	2.5

Notes: Mean (SD) or % presented. Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05). Using chi square or Fisher test and t-test for independent variables.