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

Table 3 Changes in anthropometric and HRQL characteristics of 199 morbidly obese patients during a 1-year lifestyle intervention programme

Variable	Total n=199	Women n=141	Men n=58	P-value
Weight (kg)	-10.0 (10.5)	-8.9 (9.9)	-12.6 (11.4)	.022
Weight percent	-8.0 (8.2)	-7.6 (8.7)	-8.7 (7.7)	.396
Excess weight (%)^a	-20.3 (21.8)	-19.8 (22.9)	-21.4 (18.8)	.652
BMI (kg/m²)	-3.4 (3.7)	-3.3 (3.7)	-3.7 (3.8)	.459
Per cent body fat	-3.3 (4.8)	-2.8 (4.4)	-4.6 (5.4)	.026
Waist circumference (cm)	-10.8 (8.8)	-10.2 (8.6)	-12.4 (9.1)	.136
Hip circumference (cm)	-9.3 (8.1)	-10.1 (8.3)	-7.3 (7.3)	.035
SOC-total score^b	4.3 (11.1)	4.5 (11.0)	3.7 (11.5)	.675
Emotional HRQL^c	15.9 (21.3)	18.7 (21.4)	9.2 (17.7)	.009
Physical HRQL^d	5.5 (9.0)	5.7 (8.4)	5.2 (10.2)	.785
Mental HRQL^e	3.7 (9.4)	4.4 (9.0)	2.1 (10.3)	.196
Symptom distress^f	-11.6 (15.5)	-12.2 (16.0)	-10.0 (14.1)	.375
Number of symptoms^g	-2.6 (3.8)	-2.8 (3.7)	-2.2 (4.1)	.375

Data are given as mean (SD).
^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 symptom distress score range from 0–20 (lower score indicate better), ^g. WRSM number of symptoms score range from 0–120 (lower score indicate better).

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