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Table 2 Baseline and follow-up anthropometric outcomes, by treatment group

From: Phone and e-mail counselling are effective for weight management in an overweight working population: a randomized controlled trial

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Control group

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Phone group

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Internet group

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Baseline

Follow-up

Baseline

Follow-up

Change vs. control (95% CI)

Baseline

Follow-up

Change vs. control (95% CI)

Imputed datasets a

n = 457

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n = 459

Ā Ā 

n = 458

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Body weight (SD), kg

92.9 (13.6)

91.7 (13.8)

93.4 (14.1)

90.7 (13.7)

-1.5*** (-2.2; -0.8)

92.8 (14.3)

91.0 (14.2)

-0.6* (-1.3; -0.01)

Completers

n = 321

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n = 332

Ā Ā 

n = 329

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Body weight (SD), kg

92.0 (13.2)

91.0 (13.4)

93.5 (14.3)

90.8 (14.0)

-1.6*** (-2.2; -1.0)

91.9 (14.2)

89.8 (14.1)

-1.1*** (-1.7; -0.5)

ā‰„5% weight loss, No. (%)

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34 (10.6)

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91 (27.4)

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-

71 (21.6)

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ā‰„3% weight gain, No. (%)

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26 (8.1)

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20 (6.0)

-

-

18 (5.5)

-

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n = 231

Ā 

n = 236

Ā Ā 

n = 235

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Waist circumference (SD), cm

101.5 (9.8)

99.5 (10.0)

102.6 (10.0)

98.6 (10.3)

-1.9*** (-2.7; -1.0)

101.5 (10.3)

98.2 (10.2)

-1.2** (-2.1; -0.4)

  1. aAll participants except those that became pregnant during the course of the study.* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001