Table 1.

Baseline demographic characteristics of study children and parents.

Characteristic	All (N=59)	Controls (N=29)	Intervention Group (N=30)	p*
Child age, months, mean (SD)	52.3 (7.6)	50.5 (6.9)	53.8 (8.0)	0.09
Child sex, % female (n)‡	42.4% (25)	48.3% (14)	36.7% (11)	0.37
Child BMI z-score, mean (SD)	2.7 (0.8)	2.7 (0.9)	2.8 (0.7)	0.77
Blood pressure, systolic, mean (SD)	102.2 (7.2)	102.7 (5.9)	101.7 (8.3)	0.59
Blood pressure, diastolic, mean (SD)	65.7 (5.8)	66.1 (5.0)	65.4 (6.6)	0.69
Parental age, years, mean (SD)	31.1 (7.2)	31.5 (6.9)	30.7 (7.6)	0.66
Parent sex, % female (n)‡	94.9% (56)	96.6% (28)	93.3% (28)	0.57
Preferred language, % English (n)‡	55.9% (33)	55.2% (16)	56.7% (17)	0.91
Parent BMI, mean (SD)	32.2 (7.6)	33.0 (6.7)	31.4 (8.3)	0.49
Latino, % (n)	100% (59)	100% (29)	100% (30)
Household size, median, (IQR)+	5.0 (2.0)	5.0 (3.0)	5.0 (1.0)	0.22
Income, % (n)‡				0.76
Less than $10,000	30.5% (18)	31.0% (9)	30.0% (9)
$10,000-$25,000	35.6% (21)	41.4% (12)	30.0% (9)
$25,000-$50,000	8.5% (5)	6.9% (2)	10% (3)
Greater than $50,000	1.7% (1)	0% (0)	3.3% (1)
Don't know/not sure	23.7% (14)	20.7% (6)	26.7% (8)
Employment, % (n)‡				0.43
Employed/self-employed	55.0% (33)	63.3% (19)	46.7% (14)
Unemployed/unable to work/student	25.0% (15)	20.0% (6)	30.0% (9)
Homemaker	20.0% (12)	16.7% (5)	23.3% (7)
Education, % (n)‡				0.66
Less than high school education	45.0% (27)	46.7% (14)	43.3% (13)
High school graduate/GED	16.7% (10)	20.0% (6)	13.3% (4)
Some college or technical school/college graduate	38.3% (23)	33.3% (10)	43.3% (13)

^*p-value for comparison between intervention and control groups

⁺Mann-Whitney U

^‡Chi Square Test

IQR = interquartile range; GED = general education development test; BMI = body mass index