Table 1

Prevalence of successful and unsuccessful weight loss and adjusted odds of being successful by demographic characteristics – Styles Survey 2004.

Sample size
 Successful
 Unsuccessful


Na
 %
 (se)b
 %
 (se)
 aORc
 (95% CI)
Sex
 1,958
 30.96
 (1.35)
 69.04
 (1.35)

Male
 745
 35.78
 (2.20)
 64.22
 (2.20)
 1.00
Female
 1,213
 27.36
 (1.67)
 72.64
 (1.67)
 0.63
 (0.48–0.81)
Age






18–29
 132
 39.72
 (5.66)
 60.28
 (5.66)
 1.00
30–44
 713
 25.62
 (1.82)
 74.38
 (1.82)
 0.51
 (0.30–0.89)
45–64
 811
 25.83
 (1.67)
 74.17
 (1.67)
 0.58
 (0.34–1.00)
65+
 302
 44.05
 (3.04)
 55.95
 (3.04)
 1.21
 (0.69–2.12)
Race/ethnicity






White
 1,404
 29.65
 (1.51)
 70.35
 (1.51)
 1.00
Black
 204
 32.99
 (4.06)
 67.01
 (4.06)
 1.50
 (0.96–2.32)
Hispanic
 234
 34.05
 (4.35)
 65.95
 (4.35)
 1.20
 (0.81–1.79)
Otherd
 116
 37.03
 (6.90)
 62.97
 (6.90)
 1.88
 (0.51–1.53)
Education






College grad
 571
 34.03
 (2.47)
 65.97
 (2.47)
 1.00
Some College
 716
 27.34
 (2.07)
 72.66
 (2.07)
 0.78
 (0.55–1.09)
<=High school
 599
 29.35
 (2.27)
 70.65
 (2.27)
 0.84
 (0.58–1.24)
missing
 72
 43.71
 (7.88)
 56.29
 (7.88)
 1.28
 (0.63–2.61)
Annual household income






>60 K
 744
 29.00
 (1.81)
 71.00
 (1.81)
 1.00
25–60 K
 647
 30.89
 (2.41)
 69.11
 (2.41)
 1.23
 (0.90–1.68)
<25 K
 567
 33.79
 (2.89)
 66.21
 (2.89)
 1.15
 (0.79–1.67)
Body mass index






<25.0
 383
 58.55
 (2.99)
 41.45
 (2.99)
 1.00
25.0<=<30.0
 655
 32.27
 (2.39)
 67.73
 (2.39)
 0.31
 (0.22–0.42)
30.0<=<35.0
 502
 20.18
 (2.13)
 79.82
 (2.13)
 0.16
 (0.11–0.24)
>35.0
 418
 14.70
 (2.63)
 85.30
 (2.63)
 0.12
 (0.07–0.19)

a Unweighted sample size.

b Standard error.

c Odds ratio adjusted for sex, age, race/ethnicity, education, income, and BMI. CI indicates confidence interval.

d Includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander.

Kruger et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2006 3:17   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-3-17