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. 2014 Feb 27;16(2):e57. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2995

Table 3.

Participant baseline characteristics, by intervention track.

Variablea HH track (n=225)b WM track (n=111)b P value
Age in years, mean (SD) 14.3 (0.63) 14.3 (0.74) .999
Female, n (%) 137 (60.9) 63 (56.8) .480
Race, n (%)

White/Caucasian 91 (40.4) 13 (11.7) <.001

Black/African American 30 (13.3) 26 (23.4) .029

Multiracial/Other 94 (41.8) 63 (56.8) .011

Did not specify 10 (4.4) 9 (8.1) .210
Ethnicity, n (%)

Hispanic/Latino 90 (40.0) 56 (50.5) .079
BMI percentile, mean (SD) 52.8 (22.8) 94.5 (4.12) <.001
zBMI, mean (SD) 0.04 (0.76) 1.74 (0.43) <.001
WCS, mean (SD) 26.5 (20.2) 41.4 (19.8) <.001
CESD, mean (SD) 12.7 (9.0) 15.6 (10.3) .013
Ate fruit ≥2 times per day, n (%) 48 (24.8) 23 (25.3) .894
Ate vegetables ≥2 times per day, n (%) 35 (18.1) 16 (17.6) .370
Drank soda ≥1 time per day, n (%) 29 (15.0) 29 (31.2) .003
Engaged in physical activity ≥5 days per week, n (%) 112 (58.0) 29 (31.8) <.001
Watched television ≥2 hrs per day, n (%) 47 (24.3) 44 (48.4) <.001
Played video games, ≥2 hrs per day, n (%) 47 (24.3) 24 (26.4) .692

aVegetables=green salad, potatoes, carrots, and other vegetables; Physical activity=at least 60 minutes of physical activity per episode.

bn is based on completion of measure at both time points.