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Table 1 Patient characteristics (N = 25,588)

From: Intermediate weight changes and follow-up of dietetic treatment in primary health care: an observational study

 

Percent/Mean (SD)

Sex (female)

63.9

Age (years)

53.7 (15.2)

Initial body mass index (kg/m2)

32.7 (5.4)

Initial body weight (kg)

95.9 (18.5)

Dietetic diagnosis

 No other diagnosis

38.9

 Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, and/or hypercholesterolemia

48.3

 A diagnosis other than diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, or hypercholesterolemia

12.9

Neighbourhood social status score:

 Quartile 1—low

36.7

 Quartile 2

23.9

 Quartile 3

18.1

 Quartile 4—high

21.3