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

Table 4 Linear multiple regression analyses with a. 12 week excess weight loss as dependent, and b. 1-year excess weight loss as dependent

	a. dependent: 12 week excess weight loss		b. dependent: 1-year excess weight loss
	Std. coeff.	P-value	Std. coeff.	P-value
Baseline variables
Gender^a	.062	.467	-.032	.621
Age	.113	.278	.189	.014
Baseline excess weight^b	-.066	.440	.072	.258
Married/cohabitant^c	.035	.666	-.017	.775
Employed work^d	.023	.982	.137	.034
Income	.048	.556	.028	.647
Years of Education	.118	.133	-.095	.132
Age at onset obesity	.018	.934	.021	.824
Baseline SOC-total score^e	.044	.664	.064	.414
Emotional HRQL^f	.023	.806	.034	.645
Baseline symptom distress^g	.033	.796	.042	.641
Physical HRQL^h	.092	.518	.034	.743
Mental HRQLⁱ	-.103	.442	-.227	.033
Hypertension (I10)	-.044	.576	-.055	.341
Joint pain (M25.9)	-.074	.304	.040	.462
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (E11)	-.143	.051	-.035	.519
Obstructive sleep apnea (G47.33)	.006	.984	.021	.699
Low back pain (M54.5)	.075	.311	.055	.320
Process variables (0–3 months)
Adherence to diary	.152	.059	.017	.789
Frequency of GP-visits	.221	.006	-.010	.927
12 week excess weight loss	-	-	.664	<.001

^a. females=0, ^b. Excess Weight (kg. > BMI=25), ^c. Not married/cohabitant=0, ^d. Not employed=0, ^e. Sense of Coherence, score range from 0–92 (higher score indicate better), ^f. OWLQOL, score range from 0–102 (higher score indicate better), ^g. WRSM symptom distress score range from 0–120 (lower score indicate better), ^h. SF-36 physical dimension, score range from 0–100 (higher score indicate better), ⁱ. SF-36 mental dimension, score range from 0–100 (higher score indicate better).
Pooled standardized coefficients and p-value are reported.

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