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Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic, anthropometric and HRQL characteristics of 199 morbidly obese patients who underwent a 1-year lifestyle intervention programme

From: Predictors of weight loss after an intensive lifestyle intervention program in obese patients: a 1-year prospective cohort study

Variable

Total n=199

Women n=141

Men n=58

P-value

Age

45.2 (11.1)

44.4 (11.5)

47.0 (10.1)

.162

Weight (kg)

122.3 (23.4)

114.8 (17.7)

140.5 (25.5)

<.001

BMI (kg/m2)

41.9 (6.2)

41.3 (5.6)

43.5 (7.4)

.022

Excess weight (kg)a

49.9 (19.6)

45.2 (15.8)

59.5 (23.9)

<.001

Per cent body fat

47.9 (7.1)

50.0 (4.7)

42.7 (9.1)

<.001

Waist circumference (cm)

123.6 (16.0)

119.0 (13.4)

135.7 (15.8)

<.001

Hip circumference (cm)

129.1 (13.7)

130.1 (13.0)

126.5 (15.1)

.103

Married/cohabitant

87 (44)

59 (55)

28 (48)

.867

Employed work

109 (55)

78 (55)

31 (53)

.842

Income (1.000 NOK)

247 (207)

226 (209)

296 (197)

.010

Years of Education

    

  <9 years

54 (27)

38 (27)

15 (27)

 

  9-12 years

97 (49)

65 (46)

32 (55)

 

  >12 years

48 (24)

38 (27)

10 (18)

.323

Age at onset obesity

20.1 (12.1)

20.4 (12.4)

19.4 (11.6)

.592

Maximum weight (kg)

131.1 (25.9)

123.5 (18.9)

149.6 (31.1)

<.001

Age of maximum weight

43.4 (11.4)

42.6 (11.6)

45.1 (10.8)

.084

SOC-total scoreb

60.1 (12.7)

59.9 (13.5)

60.5 (10.6)

.756

Emotional HRQLc

39.8 (21.7)

34.6 (27.0)

52.5 (15.4)

<.001

Physical HRQLd

38.5 (9.4)

39.7 (8.7)

35.6 (10.5)

.006

Mental HRQLe

43.0 (9.4)

43.2 (9.2)

42.4 (10.1)

.581

Number of symptomsf

10.1 (4.2)

10.3 (4.0)

9.6 (4.5)

.291

Symptom distressg

33.9 (19.0)

35.4 (19.5)

30.3 (17.4)

.107

  1. Data are given as mean (SD) or n (%).
  2. a. Weight exceeding BMI=25 kg/m2, b. SOC-13, score range from 13–92 (higher score indicate better), c. OWLQOL score range from 0–100 (higher score indicate better), d. SF-36 physical dimension, score range from 0–100 (higher score indicate better), e. SF-36 mental dimension, score range from 0–100 (higher score indicate better), f. WRSM score range from 0–20 (lower score indicate better), g. WRSM score range from 0–102 (lower score indicate better).