Table 2.
Primary outcomes: changes in the dietary intakes and physical activity levels among adolescents.
| Indicators | Comparison group (n = 227) |
P | Intervention group (n = 235) |
P | ANCOVA |
P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | End-line | Change (95% CI) | Baseline | End-line | Change (95% CI) | Net change (95% CI) | ||||
| Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | |||||||||
| Salt consumption (g/d) | 4.5 (0.13) | 4.9 (0.15) | 0.4 (−0.03, 0.8) | 0.07 | 4.6 (0.12) | 4.3 (0.12) | −0.2 (−0.5, 0.09) | 0.2 | −0.5 (−0.9, −0.1) | 0.007 |
| Sugar consumption (g/d) | 38.5 (2.7) | 32.3 (1.8) | −6.2 (−12.7, 0.2) | 0.06 | 33.5 (1.7) | 30.4 (1.8) | −3.1 (−7.8, 1.5) | 0.2 | −2 (−7, 3) | 0.5 |
| Fruits intake (g/d) | 34.7 (5) | 28.4 (4.5) | −6.3 (−18.7, 6.1) | 0.3 | 30.8 (5.5) | 45.8 (4.5) | 14.9 (1.5, 28.4) | 0.03 | 18 (5, 30) | 0.006 |
| Vegetable intake (g/d) | 177.8 (11.4) | 271.8 (18.1) | 93.9 (53.6, 134.4) | <0.001 | 207.9 (11.4) | 283.3 (16.6) | 75.3 (38.5, 112.1) | <0.001 | 7 (−42, 55) | 0.8 |
| Physical inactivity (PAQ-A score 1–5) | 2.3 (0.04) | 2.05 (0.04) | −0.27 (−0.4, −0.17) | <0.001 | 2.3 (0.04) | 2.26 (0.04) | −0.06 (−0.2, 0.04) | 0.04 | 0.2 (0.07, 0.3) | 0.001 |
Recommended Dietary Allowance: Salt-5 g/d (both sexes), sugar-20 g/d for females, 25 g/d for males, fruits-100 g/d (both sexes), vegetables. 300 g/d (both sexes).
PA level: Low = 1–2.5 PAQ-A score, moderate = 2.5–3.5 PAQ-A scores and high = 3.5–5 PAQ-A score.