Table 1. Study participant characteristics by neighborhood environment.
| Characteristic | High poverty or crime neighborhood(n = 194)1 | Low/medium poverty & crime neighborhood(n = 191)2 | |
| Elevated CRP (>3 mg/L), n (%) | 36 (19) | 15 (8) | |
| CRP (mg/L), median (IQR) | 0.4 (<0.2–1.9) | 0.3 (<0.2–0.9) | |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | AA3 | 125 (64) | 63 (33) |
| White | 65 (34) | 119 (62) | |
| Other race | 4 (2) | 9 (5) | |
| Sex, n (%) | Male | 95 (49) | 92 (48) |
| Female | 99 (51) | 99 (52) | |
| Age, mean (sd) [range] | 11.6 (3.7) [5]–[18] | 12.0 (3.4) [5]–[18] | |
| BMI categories4, n (%) | Normal wt. | 87 (45) | 102 (53) |
| Overweight | 33 (17) | 31 (16) | |
| Obese | 74 (38) | 58 (30) | |
| BMI-z, mean (sd) [range] | 1.1 (1.2) [−2.2–3.2] | 0.9 (1.1) [−2.5–2.7] | |
| Body Fat %, mean (sd) [range] | 27.9 (10.1) [9.9–49.2] | 27.6 (9.5) [9.9–46.8] | |
| Body Fat (kg), mean (sd) [range] | 16.3 (11.6) [2.9–61.8] | 16.4 (10.8) [2.8–55.6] | |
| Days of 60-min MVPA per week, mean (sd) [range] | 3.2 (2.1) [0–7] | 3.5 (2.1) [0–7] | |
| Daily consumption of fruits & vegetables, n (%) | 36 (19) | 34 (18) | |
| Consumption of fish ≥2 days/week, n (%) | 43 (22) | 28 (15) | |
| Consumption of sweets/SSBs5≥2 days/week, n (%) | 155 (80) | 160 (84) | |
| Mother completed college, n (%) | 79 (41) | 92 (48) | |
| Father completed college, n (%) | 57 (31) | 77 (42) | |
| Household poverty income ratio, n (%) | <130% | 63 (33) | 28 (15) |
| 130%–349% | 76 (40) | 69 (37) | |
| ≥350% | 53 (28) | 89 (48) |
1
194 participants from 131 households, living in 49 census tracts;
2
191 participants from 124 households, living in 52 census tracts;
3
AA = African American;
4
Normal weight (<85th percentile for sex and age), overweight (≥85th and <95th percentile for sex and age), obese (≥85th percentile for sex and age);
5
SSBs = sugar sweetened beverages.