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Table 4 Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for likelihood of "maintaining or continuing weight and waist circumference reductions" six months after end of coaching

From: Effectiveness of Australia’s Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service®: maintenance of self-reported anthropometric and behavioural changes after program completion

  

Weight maintenance

Waist circumference maintenance

  

N

n

%

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

N

n

%

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

Gender

Male (ref)

57

24

42.1

  

40

24

60.0

  
 

Female

192

98

51.0

1.4 (0.8, 2.7)

0.238

122

78

63.9

1.1 (0.5, 2.3)

0.798

Age Groups

18-49 years (ref)

117

57

48.7

  

72

40

55.6

  
 

50+ years

132

65

49.2

1.0 (0.6,1.7)

0.911

90

62

68.9

1.5 (0.7,3.1)

0.247

Education

High school education (ref)

91

49

53.8

  

58

43

74.1

  
 

Certificate/Degree/Higher

157

72

45.9

0.7 (0.4,1.2)

0.161

103

58

56.3

0.5 (0.3,1.2)

0.135

Employment

Full time/part time/Casual (ref)

171

82

48.0

  

108

63

58.3

  
 

Other

78

40

51.3

1.0 (0.5,1.8)

0.989

54

39

72.2

1.2 (0.5, 2.8)

0.637

SEIFA

1st, 2nd, quintile - most advantaged (ref)

138

68

49.3

  

94

57

60.6

  
 

3rd 4th & 5th-quintile-most disadvantage

111

54

48.6

1.1 (0.6,2.0)

0.705

68

45

66.2

1.0 (0.5,2.1)

0.999

Region

Major Cities (ref)

130

70

53.8

  

83

49

59.0

  
 

Other

119

52

43.7

0.5 (0.3,1.0)

0.043

79

53

67.1

1.3 (0.6, 2.7)

0.504

  1. Notes:
  2. Ref: reference group.
  3. Maintenance or continuation of weight reductions calculated by (Δ 12months - baseline) – (Δ 6 months - baseline) defined as change in weight ≤0kg.
  4. Maintenance or continuation of waist circumference reductions calculated by (Δ 12months – baseline) – (Δ 6 months - baseline) defined as change in waist circumference ≤0cm.