Table 2.
Characteristics of Study Sample
| Boys | Girls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Total (N = 1914) | White (n = 635) | Minority (n = 345) | White (n = 561) | Minority (n = 373) |
| Single parent, n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 1058 (55.3) | 304 (47.9) | 233 (66.6) | 254 (45.3) | 267 (71.6) |
| No | 856 (44.7) | 331 (52.1) | 112 (33.4) | 307 (54.7) | 106 (28.4) |
| Weight status, n (%)*,† | |||||
| Obese | 252 (17.0) | 85 (17.1) | 55 (20.3) | 60 (14.0) | 52 (18.0) |
| Overweight | 240 (16.2) | 65 (13.1) | 39 (14.4) | 80 (18.7) | 56 (19.4) |
| Normal weight | 891 (60.0) | 313 (63.0) | 158 (58.3) | 252 (58.9) | 168 (58.1) |
| Underweight | 102 (6.9) | 34 (6.8) | 19 (7.0) | 36 (8.4) | 13 (4.5) |
| Program year, n (%) | |||||
| 2002 | 140 (7.3) | 44 (6.0) | 33 (9.6) | 39 (6.9) | 24 (6.4) |
| 2003 | 486 (25.4) | 169 (26.6) | 84 (24.3) | 144 (25.7) | 89 (23.9) |
| 2004 | 371 (19.4) | 122 (19.2) | 70 (20.3) | 117 (20.8) | 62 (16.6) |
| 2005 | 350 (18.3) | 121 (19.0) | 58 (16.8) | 116 (20.7) | 55 (14.7) |
| 2006 | 567 (29.6) | 179 (28.2) | 100 (29.0) | 145 (25.8) | 143 (38.3) |
| BMI z score, mean (SD)* | 0.53 (1.31) | 0.56 (1.38) | 0.67 (1.43) | 0.43 (1.22) | 0.62 (1.13) |
| Average income per household member, mean (SD)‡ | 3835 (2823) | 4021 (2911) | 3483 (2699) | 3967 (2902) | 3512 (2568) |
| Age, y, mean (SD)* | 3.77 (0.56) | 3.85 (0.56) | 3.73 (0.56) | 3.79 (0.57) | 3.68 (0.52) |
*
At enrollment; SD = standard deviation.
†
Sample size = 1485.
‡
Sample size = 1803.