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Table 4 Weight and BMI of sample according to weight-control intention categories

From: Behavior and weight correlates of weight-control efforts in Australian women living in disadvantage: The READI study

 

T1 weight-control effort

 

Not doing anything in particular

Actively trying to avoid gaining

Actively trying to lose weight

 
 

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

p

T1 weight

67.3

(16.6)

65.9

(12.3)

77.6

(16.4)

<.0005

T2 weight

69.4

(17.9)

67.6

(13.0)

78.6

(17.3)

<.0005

Weight change

2.1

(7.1)

1.7

(5.2)

1.1

(7.7)

.280

T1 BMI

25.0

(6.2)

24.4

(4.3)

28.7

(6.0)

<.0005

T2 BMI

25.8

(6.7)

25.0

(4.6)

29.0

(6.3)

<.0005

BMI change

0.8

(2.6)

0.6

(1.9)

0.4

(2.8)

.207

  1. Note: All analyses controlled for maternal education, age, marital status, country of birth, and clustering by suburb. The models for BMI and weight change included T1 BMI and T1 weight, respectively, as additional covariates.