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Table 4 Factors independently associated with program retention at 2 years

From: Factors associated with participant retention in a clinical, intensive, behavioral weight management program

Factor

Wald chi-square

p-value

Odds ratio

95% wald confidence limits

Intercept

0.22

0.6358

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Older age (years)

10.31

0.0013

1.06

1.02-1.09

Other race

1.31

0.2516

0.65

0.31-1.36

Healthy Blue Living Insurance

4.51

0.0337

5.92

1.16-22.68

Higher BMI (kg/m 2 )

6.05

0.0139

0.93

0.87-0.99

Higher EQ-5D score

0.24

0.6221

1.87

0.16-22.68

Moderate or severe Anxiety/Depression (EQ-5D)

0.89

0.3459

0.72

0.37-1.42

Higher IWQOL-lite*

0.04

0.8514

1.00

0.98-1.02

  1. *Impact of Weight on Quality-of-Life-Lite.