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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: An evaluation of a multi-component adult weight management on referral intervention in a community setting

 

All WMOR acceptors

Two scheme completers

Two scheme non-completers

One scheme only attendees

Dropouts

P

Participants, N

559

163

136

193

67

 

Age, years, mean (SD)

48 (14)

53 (15)

49 (13)

45 (13)

42 (12)

<0.001

Female, N (%)

494 (88 %)

144 (88 %)

120 (88 %)

173 (90 %)

57 (85 %)

0.735

Deprivation quintilea

 1 (least deprived)

96 (20 %)

38 (25 %)

19 (15 %)

31 (22 %)

8 (14 %)

 

 2

91 (19 %)

26 (17 %)

27 (22 %)

23 (17 %)

15 (26 %)

 

 3

96 (20 %)

34 (23 %)

21 (17 %)

32 (23 %)

9 (16 %)

 

 4

92 (20 %)

26 (17 %)

28 (23 %)

24 (17 %)

14 (24 %)

 

 5 (most deprived)

96 (20 %)

27 (18 %)

29 (23 %)

28 (20 %)

12 (21 %)

0.403

Missing data

88

12

12

55

9

 

Baseline characteristics

 Weight, kg, mean (SD)

102 (19)

100 (18)

102 (21)

105 (19)

106 (20)

0.096

BMI, N (%)

 25–29.9

30 (5 %)

11 (7 %)

7 (5 %)

9 (5 %)

3 (5 %)

 

 30–34.9

181 (32 %)

60 (37 %)

48 (35 %)

55 (29 %)

18 (27 %)

 

 35–39.9

183 (33 %)

51 (31 %)

41 (30 %)

69 (36 %)

22 (33 %)

 

 40+

164 (29 %)

41 (25 %)

40 (29 %)

60 (31 %)

23 (35 %)

0.699

Sedentary physical

 Activity levels, N (%)

486 (95 %)

157 (97 %)

127 (95 %)

139 (93 %)

63 (95 %)

0.513

Mean sessions attended

 EOP, mean (range)

7 (0–12)

12 (11–12)

10 (1–12)

10 (2–12)b

0 (0–0)

<0.001

 WW, mean (range)

7 (0–12)

12 (10–12)

7 (1–12)

6 (1–12)b

0 (0–0)

<0.001

  1. aSouth Gloucestershire deprivation quintile
  2. bFor one-scheme only, calculated for those that attended each single scheme separately