Three-Year Follow-Up of Participants from a Self-Weighing Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Impact of the CTM on long-term weighing behaviors and weight.

Follow-up characteristics compared to the original sample
	Declined survey	Accepted survey	value
	Invitation (n = 62)	Invitation (n = 36)
Treatment group, n (%)	29 (46.8)	24 (66.7)	0.09
Gender (male), n (%)	10 (16.1)	10 (27.8)	0.263
Age, mean (SD)	54.08 (8.66)	53.09 (9.78)	0.612
Baseline weight (lbs), mean (SD)	207.51 (40.83)	209.42 (37.45)	0.819
Baseline BMI, mean (SD)	33.94 (5.50)	32.99 (4.69)	0.389
Total change in body weight (lbs) between baseline and year 2, mean (SD)	−4.28 (14.17)	−12.69 (19.40)	0.018
Frequency of weighing during treatment (times per week), mean (SD)	4.87 (1.86)	6.15 (0.76)	<0.001
Weekly or more, n (%)	53 (91.4)	35 (97.2)	0.489

Statistical significance.