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SUBMITTER: Ryan CG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5467875 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ryan Cormac G CG Vijayaraman Arutchelvam A Denny Victoria V Ogier Alison A Ells Louisa L Wellburn Shaun S Cooper Lesley L Martin Denis J DJ Atkinson Greg G
PloS one 20170612 6
<h4>Objective</h4>To quantify the influence of baseline pain levels on weight change at one-year follow-up in patients attending a National Health Service specialist weight management programme.<h4>Methods</h4>We compared one-year follow-up weight (body mass) change between patient sub-groups of none-to-mild, moderate, and severe pain at baseline. A mean sub-group difference in weight change of ≥5kg was considered clinically relevant.<h4>Results</h4>Of the 141 complete cases, n = 43 (30.5%) repo ...[more]