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. 2016 Jan 21;13:4. doi: 10.1186/s12966-016-0327-4

Table 4.

Effects of the intervention on BMI sds at T2 and T3

T2 T3
n b p 95 % CI Between school class variance σ2u (s.e.) n b p 95 % CI Between school class variance σ2u (s.e.)
BMI sdsa 332 −0.03 0.46 −0.1 to 0.1 0.00 (0.00) 318 0.013 0.79 −0.1 to 0.1 0.08 (0.04)
BMI sdsa in overweight/obeseb children at T1 84 −0.02 0.75 −0.2 to 0.1 0.02 (0.10) 82 0.02 0.85 −0.2 to 0.2 0.14 (0.02)
BMI sdsa in overweightb children at T1 47 0.12 0.23 −0.1 to 0.3 0.11 (0.02) 47 0.13 0.22 −0.1 to 0.3 0.13 (0.03)
BMI sdsa in obeseb children at T1 37 −0.21 0.03 −0.4 to -0.02 0.00 (0.00) 35 −0.05 0.79 −0.4 to 0.3 0.26 (0.06)

Results of Mixed Linear Regression adjusted for sex, parental education and baseline value

b = Regression coefficient (beta), p = between intervention and control groups, CI = 95 % confidence interval

Subjects are dependent observations between T1 and T2 and between T1 and T3

aDefined according to Karlberg et al. 2001

bDefined according to Cole et al. 2012