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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Feb 23;74(4):607–616. doi: 10.1002/acr.24765

Table 3.

The number and percentage of participants in the Diet + Exercise, Diet, and Exercise groups that achieved ≥ 5% or ≥ 10% weight loss at the end of the 1.5-year intervention and at 5-year follow-up.

≥5% Weight Lossa ≥10% Weight Loss
Intervention Group Nb 1.5 year FUc
No. (%)
5-year FU
No. (%)
1.5 year FU
No. (%)
5-year FU
No. (%)
Diet+Exercise 21 19 (91) 12 (57) 15 (71) 4 (19)
Diet 25 20 (80) 17 (68) 13 (52) 9 (36)
Exercise 28 5 (18) 8 (29) 2 (7) 2 (7)
a

The ≥5% weight loss group includes participants in the ≥10% weight loss group.

b

The number of participants (N) in each group includes those with documented weights at both 1.5 and 5-year follow-ups.

c

FU = follow-up