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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Nov;164(11):995–1004. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.197

Table 1.

Baseline demographic characteristics and follow-up participation rates

All Dance & Screen Time Reduction Health Education
N 261 134 127
Age in years, mean (sd) 9.4 (0.9) 9.5 (0.9) 9.4 (0.8)
Number of adults living in the household, mean (sd) 1.9 (0.9) 1.9 (1.0) 1.9 (0.8)
Number of children living in the household, mean (sd) 2.9 (1.5) 2.9 (1.6) 2.9 (1.4)
Families who own their own home, n (%) 61(23%) 29 (22%) 32 (25%)
Parent/Caregiver marital status, n (%)
 Single-Never Married 122 (47%) 64 (48%) 58 (46%)
 Divorced/Separated or Widowed 62 (23%) 30 (22%) 32 (25%)
 Married 74 (28%) 38 (28%) 36 (28%)
Maximum household education level, n (%)
 High School graduate or less 71 (27%) 38 (28%) 33 (26%)
 Some College/Technical School 122 (47%) 66 (49%) 56 (44%)
 College graduate 68 (26%) 30 (22%) 38 (30%)
Annual total household income, n (%)
 Refusal to respond 4 (2%) 2 (1%) 2 (2%)
 Less than $20,000 107 (41%) 50 (37%) 57 (45%)
 $20,000–39,999 73 (28%) 38 (28%) 35 (28%)
 $40,000–$59,999 48 (18%) 28 (21%) 20 (16%)
 $60,000–$79,999 12 (5%) 7 (5%) 5 (4%)
 $80,000 or more 17 (7%) 9 (7%) 8 (6%)
TV in the girl’s bedroom, n (%) 202 (77%) 101 (75%) 101 (80%)
Self-assessed breast maturation, n (%)
 Refused 3 (1%) 2 (1%) 1 (1%)
 Stage 1 82 (31%) 43 (32%) 39 (31%)
 Stage 2 86 (33%) 43 (32%) 43 (34%)
 Stage 3 78 (30%) 37 (28%) 41 (32%)
 Stage 4 9 (3%) 6 (4%) 3 (2%)
 Stage 5 3 (1%) 3 (2%) .
Self-assessed pubic hair maturation, n (%)
 Refused 2 (1%) 2 (1%) .
 Stage 1 111 (43%) 59 (44%) 52 (41%)
 Stage 2 80 (31%) 41 (31%) 39 (31%)
 Stage 3 40 (15%) 18 (13%) 22 (17%)
 Stage 4 25 (10%) 12 (9%) 13 (10%
 Stage 5 3 (1%) 2 (1%) 1 (1%)
Entered puberty (stage 2 or greater for breast and/or pubic hair), n (%) 201 (77%) 101 (75%) 100 (79%)
Menarche 8 (3%) 4 (3%) 4 (3%)
Body mass index percentile distributiona, n (%)
0–24th percentile 19 (7%) 8 (6%) 11 (9%)
25–49th percentile 33 (13%) 21 (16%) 12 (9%)
50–74th percentile 51 (20%) 27 (20%) 24 (19%)
75–84th percentile 25 (10%) 12 (9%) 13 (10%)
85–94th percentile 47 (18%) 22 (16%) 25 (20%)
≥ 95th percentile 86 (33%) 44 (33%) 42 (33%)
Reasons for missing Follow-up Visit 1 (FU1), n (%)
 Unable to contact 48 (18%) 25 (18%) 23 (18%)
 Moved out of area 1 (0%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%)
 Unable to schedule within the desired time interval 1 (0%) 1(1%) 0 (0%)
 Refused assessments 9 (3%) 5 (4%) 4 (3%)
Reason for missing Follow-up Visit 2 (FU2), n (%)
 Unable to contact 64 (25%) 33 (25%) 31 (24%)
 Moved out of area 3 (1%) 2 (1%) 1 (1%)
 Unable to schedule within the desired time interval 38 (15%) 22 (16%) 16 (13%)
 Refused assessments 10 (4%) 3 (2%) 7 (6%)
Reason for missing Follow-up Visit 3 (FU3), n (%)
 Unable to contact 56 (21%) 33 (25%) 23 (18%)
 Moved out of area 1 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%)
 Unable to schedule within the desired time interval 63 (24%) 40 (30%) 23 (18%)
 Refused assessments 5 (2%) 2 (1%) 3 (2%)
Reason for missing Follow-up Visit 4 (FU4), n 0(%)
 Unable to contact 21 (8%) 9 (7%) 12 (9%)
 Moved out of area 9 (3%) 3 (2%) 6 (5%)
 Unable to schedule within the desired time interval 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Refused assessments 1 (0%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%)
 Withdrew from study 5 (2%) 3 (2%) 2 (2%)