Table 1

Mean body mass and weight loss broken down by gender, age, ethnicity, and length of diet.

Factor
Level
N
Pre Body Mass (kg)
Change Body Mass (kg)
Genotyped

All
All
86
89.4
-6.42
72
Gender
Female
33
74.7
-4.33
32
Gender
Male
53
98.5
-7.73
40
Age
<40 yr
56
88.8
-6.12
48
Age
40–49 yr
21
89.8
-6.08
16
Age
50–59 yr
6
94.7
-8.87
5
Age
60–69 yr
3
86.2
-9.70
3
Ethnicity
African Am
5
83.4
-5.60
3
Ethnicity
Asian
1
60.9
-2.30
1
Ethnicity
Caucasian
74
90.8
-6.52
63
Ethnicity
Hispanic
3
78.6
-6.10
3
Ethnicity
Indian
3
84.3
-7.13
2
Length
4
23
68.2
-2.20
23
Length
6
15
106.8
-6.27
11
Length
12
48
94.1
-8.50
38

Ruaño et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2006 3:20   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-3-20