Table 2 Starting and final body weights (kg) of users with overweight who were included in the study. The outcomes are distributed according to gender and activity level. The results are shown as medians with interquartile ranges in brackets
From: Fasting and weight loss: mobile application-based approach
Short-term | Long-term | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-active | Active | Sig | Non-active | Active | Sig | |
Males | ||||||
Start | 90.7 [10.2] | 91.6 [11.3] | = 0.207 | 92.1 [12.3] | 90.7 [10.3] | = 0.059 |
Final | 89.6 [10.7] | 89.1 [11.4] | = 0.556 | 90.7 [11.9] | 85.6 [11.3] | < 0.001 |
Diff | 1.4 [2.8] | 1.8 [2.4] | < 0.001 | 1.3 [4.3] | 4.5 [5.8] | < 0.001 |
Sig | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||
Females | ||||||
Start | 74.4 [10.8] | 74.0 [9.5] | = 0.631 | 74.0 [9.5] | 74.8 [9.9] | = 0.354 |
Final | 73.3 [10.5] | 72.7 [9.6] | = 0.020 | 72.6 [10.4] | 70.1 [11.0] | < 0.001 |
Diff | 0.9 [2.1] | 1.4 [2.1] | < 0.046 | 1.1 [3.9] | 4.0 [5.3] | < 0.001 |
Sig | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||