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Table 3 Starting and final body weights (kg) and their difference of users with obesity 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

Long

Non-active

Active

Sig

Non-active

Active

Sig

Males

 Obese, Class I

Start

104.3 [12.3]

104.3 [12.3]

 = 0.083

104.3 [12.3]

104.3 [10.9]

 = 0.711

Final

102.1 [12.2]

101.2 [12.1]

 < 0.001

101.9 [13.1]

97.2 [13.6]

 < 0.001

Diff

1.8 [3.2]

2.3 [3.1]

 < 0.001

1.6 [5.2]

5.9 [8.2]

 < 0.001

Sig

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

 Obese, Class II

Start

118.0 [13.9]

118.8 [12.9]

 = 0.925

120.2 [13.6]

117.9 [14.5]

 = 0.746

Final

116.4 [13.8]

115.3 [14.3]

 = 0.032

115.8 [13.5]

110.2 [16.2]

 < 0.001

Diff

1.9 [3.4]

2.7 [3.5]

 < 0.001

1.8 [6.2]

6.7 [10.5]

 < 0.001

Sig

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

 Obese, Class III

Start

133.8 [15.9]

136.1 [17.8]

 = 0.234

135.6 [14.5]

133.8 [14.1]

 = 0.805

Final

132.3 [18.1]

131.4 [18.3]

 = 0.654

132.0 [22.1]

124.7 [18.5]

 = 0.034

Diff

2.5 [4.2]

3.4 [4.2]

 < 0.001

2.6 [7.4]

8.0 [11.9]

 < 0.001

Sig

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

Females

 Obese, Class I

Start

87.1 [10.9]

86.2 [10.9]

 = 0.330

87.0 [11.4]

86.2 [10.5]

 = 0.959

Final

85.3 [11.2]

84.7 [11.5]

 = 0.009

84.3 [12.3]

81.2 [12.5]

 < 0.001

Diff

1.2 [2.5]

1.6 [2.4]

 < 0.001

1.9 [4.8]

4.9 [6.5]

 < 0.001

Sig

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

 Obese, Class II

Start

99.8 [11.8]

99.8 [11.8]

 = 0.516

99.8 [10.1]

99.8 [13.6]

 = 0.395

Final

97.5 [12.7]

97.6 [12.2]

 = 0.483

97.5 [12.1]

92.6 [14.6]

 < 0.001

Diff

1.4 [3.0]

1.9 [2.8]

 < 0.001

2.4 [6.0]

6.5 [8.1]

 < 0.001

Sig

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

 Obese, Class III

Start

111.1 [11.4]

112.5 [15.0]

 = 0.726

112.9 [13.6]

111.1 [12.7]

 = 0.098

Final

109.7 [13.8]

109.4 [14.5]

 = 0.680

108.9 [13.0]

102.6 [13.5]

 < 0.001

Diff

1.6 [3.4]

1.8 [2.9]

 = 0.013

3.7 [6.8]

7.8 [8.7]

 < 0.001

Sig

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 < 0.001