Table 1.

Characteristics of the Sample

	Total Sample		Weight Lossa		Stable Weightb		Weight Gainc
Variables	M/%	SD	M/%	SD	M/%	SD	M/%	SD
Age (Years) at baseline	65.51	8.20	68.71	8.38	65.21	8.01	61.64	7.21
Sex (% women)	59%	-	68%	-	57%	-	66%	-
Race (% White)	88%	-	88%	-	88%	-	88%	-
Education	13.39	2.67	13.05	2.71	13.46	2.69	13.42	2.41
Body Mass Indexd	29.36	5.58	31.08	6.18	29.09	5.38	28.20	5.33
Disease Burden	1.69	1.20	2.06	1.22	1.61	1.17	1.62	1.21
Baseline Neuroticism	2.01	0.58	2.02	0.59	1.99	0.58	2.14	0.61
Baseline Extraversion	3.23	0.54	3.21	0.55	3.24	0.54	3.21	0.52
Baseline Openness	2.99	0.53	2.97	0.53	2.99	0.54	3.01	0.54
Baseline Agreeableness	3.55	0.46	3.56	0.46	3.55	0.45	3.55	0.46
Baseline Conscientiousness	3.43	0.44	3.38	0.47	3.44	0.43	3.41	0.44
Follow-up Neuroticism	1.92	0.58	1.99	0.60	1.89	0.58	2.00	0.57
Follow-up Extraversion	3.18	0.57	3.11	0.59	3.20	0.56	3.12	0.59
Follow-up Openness	2.90	0.57	2.84	0.55	2.92	0.57	2.89	0.57
Follow-up Agreeableness	3.52	0.49	3.48	0.52	3.52	0.48	3.53	0.48
Follow-up Conscientiousness	3.37	0.48	3.29	0.52	3.39	0.47	3.35	0.48

Note. Total Sample= 5,053

^aWeight loss ≥ 10%, N= 876;

^bStable weight (< 10% weight loss and < 10% weight gain), N= 3,747

^cWeight gain ≥ 10%, N= 430

^d= Due to missing data, N= 5,024 for the total sample, N= 871 for the weight loss group, N= 3,725 for the stable weight group, and N= 428 for the weight gain group