Table 3.

LTL measurements and respective comparisons at baseline and at 12 months follow-up of participants with “good compliance” (n = 407), according to criterion of success at weight loss. Subjects were considered successful at weight loss (“YES” group), either if respective BMI z-score decreased more than 0.6 at 12 months follow-up (Criterion A), or if respective IOTF category (normal weight, overweight and obese) improved by one or more categories (Criterion Β). Unsuccessful participants (“NO” group) were participants not fulfilling the respective criteria.

Criterion A	YES (n = 193)		Pbetween timepoints	No (n = 214)		Pbetween timepoints
	Initial assessment	Annual assessment		Initial assessment	Annual assessment
LTL	1.35 ± 0.02	1.41 ± 0.02 *	<0.01	1.37 ± 0.02	1.43 ± 0.02 *	<0.01
Criterion B	YES (n = 175)		Pbetween timepoints	No (n = 232)		Pbetween timepoints
	Initial assessment	Annual assessment		Initial assessment	Annual assessment
LTL	1.33 ± 0.02	1.40 ± 0.02 *	<0.01	1.38 ± 0.02	1.43 ± 0.02 *	<0.01

All results are presented as mean ± SE. All measured variables were compared by employing repeated-measures ANOVA. Significant main effects were revealed by the LSD post-hoc test. Statistical significance was set at (p < 0.05), while strong significance (p < 0.01) is also noted. * Indicates significant difference between baseline and the 12 months follow-up, time-points respectively.