Table 3.
Characteristics of Girls who changed BMI between baseline and 2nd follow-up
| Sample Characteristics | N | Percentage of Girls with BMI percentile increase of ≥10 points (n=53) |
Percentage of Girls with no or small change in BMI percentile (<10 point variation) (n=162) |
Percentage of Girls with BMI percentile decrease of ≥10 points (n=50) |
χ 2 |
| Overall White Black or Hispanic Other |
265 144 83 38 |
20.0% 24.3 19.3 5.3 |
61.1% 57.6 61.5 73.7 |
18.9% 18.1 19.3 21.5 |
-- ns |
| Mother’s education <= High school Mother’s education > High school |
99 166 |
14.1 23.5 |
65.7 58.4 |
20.2 18.1 |
ns |
| Receive free/reduced lunch Doesn’t receive free/reduced lunch |
70 195 |
12.91 22.6 |
64.3 60.0 |
22.9 17.4 |
ns |
| Ave % poverty in res. neighborhood | 265 | 5.52 | 5.70 | 5.82 | -- |
| Engaged in sports at follow-up Not engaged in sports at follow-up |
176 89 |
21.4 18.0 |
62.3 59.5 |
16.2 22.5 |
ns |
| Enrolled in PE every year Not enrolled in PE every year |
70 195 |
24.3 18.5 |
52.9 64.1 |
22.9 17.4 |
ns |
| MVPA >= 20 min each yr MVPA < 20 min each yr |
40 225 |
20.01 20.0 |
65.0 60.4 |
15.01 19.6 |
ns |
| Report eating >= 300 calories of snacks daily Report eating < 300 calories of snacks daily |
88 177 |
27.3 16.4 |
58.0 62.7 |
14.8 20.9 |
* |
| Report drinking >=1 SSB daily Report drinking < 1 SSB daily |
60 205 |
26.2 18.8 |
61.9 61.0 |
11.91 20.2 |
ns |
| Report eating >=5 F & V servings Report eating < 5 F &V servings |
49 216 |
26.91 19.3 |
53.9 61.9 |
19.21 18.8 |
ns |
| >=212 minute .of screen time < 212 minutes of screen time |
177 88 |
22.2 25.3 |
56.6 54.8 |
21.2 19.9 |
ns |
| Works for money Doesn’t work for money |
99 166 |
21.2 19.3 |
58.6 62.7 |
20.2 18.1 |
ns |
+
Each row adds to 100%
1
Sample size of cell < 10
*
p < .05; ns- not significant