Low Carbohydrate		Low Fat		Mediterranean		TOTAL
	n	%	n	%	n	%	N	%
Gender	26		26		26		78
Female	15	57.7	15	57.7	14	53.8	44	56.44
Male	11	42.3	11	42.3	12	46.2	34	43.6
Age Group
18-34 years	7	27.9	7	26.9	6	23.1	20	25.6
35-40 years	13	50	14	15.4	15	57.7	42	53.8
50+ years	6	23.1	5	19.2	5	19.2	16	20.5
BMI Category
Normal weight	9	34.6	6	23.1	7	26.9	22	28.2
Overweight	11	42.3	13	50	12	46.2	36	46.2
Obese	6	23.1	7	26.9	7	26.9	20	25.6

	Low Carbohydrate	Low Fat	Mediterranean	TOTAL
	Mean (sd)	95% CI (LL,UL)	Mean (sd)	95% CI (LL,UL)	Mean (sd)	95% CI (LL,UL)	Mean (sd)	95% CI (LL,UL)
Age	39.58 (10.257)	(35.54, 43.29)	39.27 (9.594)	(35.58, 42.54)	39.69 (10.403)	(35.88, 43.65)	39.51 (9.961)	(37.17, 41.67)
Height	168.19 (7.255)	(165.62, 171.04)	172.88 (11.347)	(168.73, 177.31)	166.77 (9.872)	(162.96, 170.08)	169.28 (9.872)	(167.19, 171.47)
Weight
Baseline	76.119 (9.8230)	(72.554, 79.769)	82.577 (18.8938)	(75.500, 89.961)	77.346 (8.6345)	(74.160, 80.769)	78.681 (13.3932)	(76.086, 81.757)
12 weeks	73.192 (10.2942)	(69.401, 77.088)	79.435 (18.8373)	(72.178, 86.786)	71.881 (9.2598)	(68.861, 75.486)	74.836 (13.7279)	(72.172, 78.013)
Body Mass Index
Baseline	26.974 (3.5953)	(27.354, 28.301)	27.354 (3.8568)	(25.860, 28.798)	27.897 (2.9985)	(26.864, 29.092)	27.408 (3.477)	(26.643, 28.182)
12 weeks	25.934 (3.6975)	(24.552 ,27.302)	26.297 (3.9762)	(24.761, 27.720)	25.883 (2.8153)	(24.874, 26.991)	26.038 (3.490)	(25.277, 26.831)
Weight loss

• Answer the following questions about this analysis.

What is the independent (grouping) variable?

What is the level of measurement for the independent variable?

What is the dependent (outcome) variable?

What is the level of measurement for the dependent variable?

• State the null and alternative hypotheses. H0: HA: