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Table 4 Participant characteristics of those followed-up and lost to follow-up at 9 months

From: Evaluation of a text supported weight maintenance programme ‘Lighten Up Plus’ following a weight reduction programme: randomised controlled trial

Variable

Followed-up at 9 m

Lost to follow-up at 9 m

 

n (%)

n (%)

Number

227 (59.7)

153 (40.3)

Mean age in years (SD)

50.5 (12.3)

42.8 (13.6)

Weight on joining Lighten Up Service/kg (SD)

98.7 (16.0)

100.5 (18.3)

Weight on joining Lighten Up Plus/kg (SD)

92.4 (15.4)

94.5 (16.8)

Baseline BMI (SD)

34.0 (4.8)

35.1 (5.4)

Weight loss during Lighten Up (SD)

6.4 (4.0)

6.2 (4.0)

Gender

  

 Male (%)

30 (76.9)

9 (23.1)

 Female (%)

197 (57.8)

144 (42.2)

Ethnicity

  

 White British/ Irish/Other

176 (58.3)

126 (41.7)

 Minority ethnic group/Mixed

47 (67.1)

23 (32.9)

Weight loss programme

  

 Rosemary Conley

33 (68.8)

15 (31.3)

 Slimming World

140 (57.6)

103 (42.4)

 Weight Watchers

54 (60.7)

35 (39.3)

Occupation

  

 Employed/Education/Carer

68 (53.1)

60 (46.8)

 Not working/unemployed

14 (58.3)

10 (41.7)

 Retired/sick/disabled

20 (64.5)

11 (35.5)

 Unable to code/Missing

125 (63.5)

72 (36.5)

IMD quintile

  

 1 (least deprived)

7 (3.1)

8 (5.2)

 2

18 (7.9)

11 (7.2)

 3

43 (18.9)

24 (15.7)

 4

52 (22.9)

22 (14.4)

 5 (most deprived)

107 (47.1)

88 (57.5)