Interventions for body weight reduction in obese patients during short consultations: an open-label randomized controlled trial in the Japanese primary care setting

Table 4 Consultation factors in the intervention and control groups

	Median (interquartile range)
	Intervention group		Control group		p value
	n = 22		n = 18		p value
Number of consultations in one year	8	(7 to 10)	10	(9 to 11)	0.01*
Total consultation duration in one year (min)	59.1	(51.4 to 71.1)	79.7	(64.8 to 97.8)	0.002*
Average duration of consultation (min)	7.0	(6.3 to 8.0)	8.0	(6.3 to 9.9)	0.13

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