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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Oct;163(10):915–921. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.165

Table 3.

Two Year Outcomes (Means (SD) and Difference Scores (SD) with 95% Confidence Intervals) on Calorie Intake, %EER, Weight, BMIZ, Height, HAZ and FEV1 for Children Receiving Behavior Plus Nutrition Education and Nutrition Education

Behavior Plus Nutrition Education Nutrition Education
Outcome Pre-Treatment 24 month Follow-up Change from Pre-Treatmenta Pre-Treatment 24 month Follow-up Change from Pre-Treatmenta Difference Betweeen Groupsb
Caloric intake (avg/day) 1793 (350) 2523 (620) 721 (522) 1826 (476) 2411 (577) 533 (436) 188 (482)
(n = 33) (n = 26) 510, 932 (n =34) (n = 25) 353, 713 -83, 459
% EER 100 (16) 126 (29) 25 (25) 100 (16) 117 (22) 16 (25) 9 (25)
(n = 33) (n = 26) 12,35 (n = 34) (n = 25) 5, 26 -5, 23
Weight (kg) 21.79 (6.44) 28.51 (9.77) 6.97 (3.60) 22.62 (7.45) 29.51 (10.84) 6.45 (3.67) 0.52 (3.64)
(n = 33) (n= 28) 5.58, 8.37 (n=34) (n=31) 5.10, 7.80 -1.38, 2.42
BMIZ -0.77 (1.12) -.56 (0.90) 0.13 (0.81) -0.49 (0.71) -0.71 (0.66) -0.22 (0.50) 0.35 (0.67)
(n = 33) (n = 28) -0.18, 0.45 (n = 34) (n = 31) -0.40, -0.04 0.01, 0.70
Height (cm) 118.93 (14.87) 131.07 (14.66) 13.34 (1.93) 119.35 (16.44) 133.87 (17.01) 13.54 (2.93) -0.20 (2.50)
(n = 33) (n = 28) 12.59, 14.08 (n = 34) (n = 31) 12.47, 14.62 -1.51, 1.10
HAZ -0.95 (0.78) -0.87 (0.77) 0.03 (0.30) -0.74 (0.69) -0.72 (0.74) 0.04 (0.32) -0.01 (0.31)
(n = 33) (n = 28) -0.09, 0.15 (n = 34) (n = 31) -0.08, 0.16 -0.17, 0.16
FEV1 88 (18) 87 (18) 0.16 (22) 92(18) 87 (17) -5 (13) 5 (18)
(n = 17) (n = 13) -13, 14 (n = 19) (n=15) -12, 2 -8, 19
a

Change from pre-treatment value does not equal 24 month follow-up – pre-treatment due to subject attrition at follow-up.

b Based on the difference of the change from pre-treatment scores (Behavior Plus Nutrition Education – Nutrition Education).