Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the participants.

Characteristic		Value (N=145)
Gender, n (%)
	Female	129 (89.0)
	Male	16 (11.0)
Ethnicity, n (%)
	Chinese	67 (46.2)
	Indian	14 (9.7)
	Malay	48 (33.1)
	Others	16 (11.0)
Age (years), median (IQR)		34 (30-43)
Height (m), median (IQR)		1.59 (1.56-1.63)
Starting weight (kg), median (IQR)		67 (57-78)
Starting BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR)		26 (23-30)
Shift work, n (%)
	Nonshift	60 (41.4)
	Shift	85 (58.6)