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. 2014 Jul 29;38(10):1343–1349. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2014.103

Table 2. Regression coefficients (s.e.) for change in BMI and zBMI, at the participant, family, programme and neighbourhood level from multivariable models.

Parameters Change in BMI (N=9563)
Change in zBMI (N=9563)
  B s.e. P-value B s.e. P-value
Fixed part
 Intercept −0.76 0.021 <0.0001 −0.18 0.0038 <0.0001
 BMI baseline −0.022 0.0020 <0.0001 0.029 0.0024 <0.0001
 Age 0.018 0.0054 0.00089 0.015 0.00099 <0.0001
 Sex (ref. girls)
  Boys −0.085 0.017 <0.0001
 Ethnicity (ref. white)
  Asian 0.15 0.037 <0.0001 0.029 0.0074 0.0001
  Black 0.15 0.040 0.00023 0.022 0.0079 0.0056
  Other 0.088 0.046 0.055 0.017 0.0090 0.056
 Family structure (ref. couple)
  Lone parent 0.011 0.020 0.58 0.0033 0.0040 0.41
 Housing tenure (ref. owner occupied)
  Social rented 0.020 0.024 0.40 0.0081 0.0047 0.086
  Private rented 0.0085 0.033 0.80 0.0031 0.0067 0.65
 Parental employment (ref. employed)
  Unemployed 0.06 0.026 0.021 0.0099 0.0050 0.048
 IDACI 2007 0.15 0.061 0.012 0.034 0.012 0.0044
 Built environment 0.012 0.013 0.37 0.0017 0.0026 0.51
 Urban/rural status (ref. urban)
  Towns −0.033 0.040 0.40 −0.0082 0.0078 0.29
  Villages −0.0071 0.047 0.89 −0.00010 0.0092 0·99
 Number of programmes per PMa 0.0033 0.0020 0.10
 Programme group size 0.0087 0.0039 0.025 0.0018 0.00077 0.019
 Attendance (ref. completer)
  Non-completer 0.21 0.074 0.0040 0.034 0.015 0.020
  Partial completer 0.13 0.027 <0.0001 0.023 0.0051 <0.0001
             
Random part
 Between programmes 0.11 0.008 <0.0001 0.0045 0.00032 <0.0001
 Between participants 0.63 0.010 <0.0001 0.024 0.00039 <0.0001

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; IDACI, Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index; ref., reference category; zBMI, BMI-derived z-score.

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PM, programme manager.