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Published in final edited form as: Int J Behav Med. 2021 Aug 2;29(2):152–159. doi: 10.1007/s12529-021-10009-x

Table 2.

Characteristics of participants who completed and did not complete the 16-week intervention.

Characteristic	Completers (n= 165)	Non-completers (n= 106)	t-test or χ², p-value
	M (SD), Range or n (%)	M (SD), Range or n (%)
Age	50.4 (12.9), 26–75	45.9 (11.1), 23–77	0.004
Female Sex	157 (95%)	93 (88%)	0.026
Black Race	92 (58%)	65 (63%)	0.419
Married	85 (52%)	55 (52%)	0.952
Bachelor’s Degree or higher education	102 (62%)	58 (55%)	0.246
Income(<=$40,000; $40,000 – $80,000; >=$80,000)	53 (32%); 67 (41%); 45 (27%)	39 (37%); 41 (39%); 25 (24%)	0.667
Baseline BMI	35.3 (4.3), 28.1–44.6	36.4 (4.7), 29.1–46.7	0.050
History of Weight Discrimination	54 (33%)	39 (37%)	0.492
CES-D total score	10.0 (7.7), 0–48	11.0 (6.9), 0–34	0.265
Weight Loss Intervention Session Attendance	12.4 (3.0), 3–16	4.1 (2.8), 1–14	<0.001
% Weight Change*	−5.8% (4.2%), −20.9%--+6.9%	---	---

BMI: Body mass index; CES-D: Centers for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale