Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study participants according to their level of adherence to the snacking dietary pattern: children (n 961) aged 5–12 years, Bogotá, Colombia
| Quartile of adherence to the snacking dietary pattern | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 (n 237) | Q2 (n 241) | Q3 (n 241) | Q4 (n 242) | P trend* | |||||
| % Female | 52·7 | 53·1 | 51·9 | 47·5 | 0·24 | ||||
| % Born in Bogotá | 86·7 | 83·6 | 95·2 | 88·8 | 0·06 | ||||
| % Low socio-economic status† | 47·0 | 43·6 | 40·7 | 40·8 | 0·13 | ||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | ||
| Child's age (years) | 8·4 | 1·8 | 8·6 | 1·7 | 8·5 | 1·8 | 8·6 | 1·8 | 0·40 |
| BMI-for-age Z-score‡ | −0·01 | 0·93 | 0·14 | 1·09 | 0·22 | 1·06 | 0·13 | 0·99 | 0·08 |
| Height-for-age Z-score‡ | −0·81 | 0·97 | −0·76 | 0·99 | −0·62 | 1·00 | −0·69 | 0·98 | 0·08 |
| Total energy intake (kJ/d) | 5987 | 3209 | 5079 | 1958 | 5627 | 1699 | 9067 | 3904 | <0·001 |
| Television viewing (h/week) | 18·1 | 15·6 | 17·8 | 12·7 | 15·3 | 12·7 | 18·1 | 13·4 | 0·57 |
| Time playing outside (h/week) | 6·8 | 10·4 | 6·3 | 7·3 | 6·8 | 9·2 | 8·4 | 8·3 | 0·07 |
| Length of follow-up (years) | 2·3 | 0·6 | 2·2 | 0·7 | 2·3 | 0·6 | 2·3 | 0·6 | 0·22 |
| Mother's age (years) | 36·0 | 6·6 | 35·4 | 7·1 | 35·5 | 6·5 | 35·6 | 6·9 | 0·66 |
| Mother's education (years) | 8·3 | 3·1 | 8·4 | 3·1 | 9·1 | 3·1 | 8·4 | 3·2 | 0·26 |
| Mother's parity | 2·8 | 1·1 | 2·6 | 1·1 | 2·6 | 1·1 | 2·6 | 1·1 | 0·14 |
| Mother's BMI (kg/m2) | 24·4 | 3·9 | 24·8 | 4·2 | 25·0 | 4·3 | 25·0 | 4·2 | 0·10 |
*Cochran–Armitage test for categorical variables; Wald test for continuous variables.
†Strata 1 or 2 of a scale up to 6 (4 in the sample), according to the city government's classification.
‡According to the WHO growth reference( 29 ).