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Table 1 Distribution of weight change among adults ages 18-35 in an academic general internal medicine clinic

From: Physician counseling of young adults with rapid weight gain: a retrospective cohort study

Weight change [n (%)]

Total

(n = 365)

Men

(n = 90)

Women

(n = 275)

Pvalue*

Weight loss

156 (43%)

37 (41%)

119 (43%)

0.57

0-2.9 lbs/year gain

119 (33%)

30 (33%)

89 (32%)

 

3-5.9 lbs/year gain

56 (15%)

11 (12%)

45 (16%)

 

6-11.9 lbs/year gain

23 (6%)

8 (9%)

15 (5%)

 

>12 lbs/year gain

11 (3%)

4 (4%)

7 (3%)

 
  1. * P value was computed using Chi-square test to evaluate the association between weight change and gender.
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