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. 2014 Jul 25;11:98. doi: 10.1186/s12966-014-0098-8

Table 2.

Child and caregiver characteristics at baseline, in intervention and control group (n = 1288)

 
Parent report a (children grades 3-7)
Child report a (children grades 5-7)
Observation report a (children grades 2-7)
n= 356
n= 387
n= 959
Variable Control (n= 198, 55.6%) Intervention (n= 158, 44.4%) P value b Control (n= 205, 53.0%) Intervention (n= 182, 47.0%) P value b Control (n= 455, 47.4%) Intervention (n= 504, 52.6%) P value b
CHILD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gender
57.7
55.1
0.625
55.0
50.6
0.386
52.9
52.2
0.826
% female
Grades
 
 
0.349
 
 
0.250
 
 
0.016
% Grade 2
-
-
 
-
-
 
17.0
20.0
 
% Grade 3
21.5
20.3
 
-
-
 
17.0
18.8
 
% Grade 4
21.5
22.2
 
-
-
 
17.0
20.4
 
% Grade 5
20.5
16.5
 
27.3
34.6
 
15.6
13.7
 
% Grade 6
20.0
17.1
 
34.6
29.7
 
16.1
13.8
 
% Grade 7
16.4
24.1
 
38.0
35.7
 
17.2
13.1
 
Ethnic background
 
 
0.033
 
 
0.001
 
 
<0.001
% Dutch
29.3
41.1
 
17.6
29.7
 
24.2
35.5
 
% Surinamese/Antillean
23.2
13.3
 
29.3
13.7
 
29.2
14.7
 
% Moroccan/Turkish
30.8
27.2
 
33.2
32.4
 
27.3
32.9
 
% Other/missing
16.7
18.4
 
20.0
24.2
 
19.3
16.9
 
Weight status
24.5
22.1
0.600
26.7
24.3
0.600
25.1
21.6
0.207
% overweight or obese
CAREGIVER – if known
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gender
82.5
88.7
0.109
-
-
 
-
-
 
% female
Age (in years), mean (SD)
36.82 (6.60)
39.86 (6.62)
<0.001
-
-
 
-
-
 
Educational levelc
 
 
0.686
 
 
0.001
 
 
<0.001
% Unknown
2.5
2.5
 
20.0
33.0
 
24.4
37.1
 
% Low
47.0
42.4
 
46.8
29.7
 
37.8
25.2
 
% High 50.5 55.1   33.2 37.4   37.8 37.7  

a = participants with complete data available at baseline and after one year of intervention; b = differences between intervention condition and control condition, as measured at baseline, tested with independent-samples t-test (continuous variables) and Chi-square test (categorical variables); c = caregiver’s educational level presented in the ‘child report’ and ‘observational report’ are based on data from the ‘parent report’. Note: numbers printed bold indicate significant P values.