Table 2: Gender-Stratified Descriptive and Inferential Results for Post-Cessation Weight Change

Statistic	Female	Male	Inferential.Result...Effect.Size
Mean (kg)	0.27	-2.18	Mean difference = 2.45 kg
Median (kg)	0.50	-2.10	Median difference = 2.60 kg
SD (kg)	1.40	1.29
IQR (kg)	1.75	1.65
Min–Max (kg)	-6.7 – 3.2	-7.0 – 1.6
Skewness	-1.23	-0.29
Excess Kurtosis	4.76	1.68
Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test			p < 0.001 (reject H0)
Hodges–Lehmann Estimator			−2.6 kg (95% CI: −3.1, −1.8)