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. 2016 Jul 29;4(3):e91. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.5418

Table 1.

Demographic profile of participants.

Demographic characteristics All participants (N=42), n (%) or mean (SD) High-level interventiona
(n=21), n (%) or mean (SD)
Low-level interventionb
(n=21), n (%) or mean (SD)
Gender, n (%)



Male 11 (26) 5 (24) 6 (29)

Female 31 (74) 16 (76) 15 (71)
Ethnicity, n (%)



Non-Hispanic white 13 (31) 4 (19) 9 (43)

Other ethnicities 29 (69) 17 (81) 12 (57)
Age in years, mean (SD) 15.8 (1.9) 15.9 (2.1) 15.6 (1.6)
Age group, n (%)



12-13 years 7 (17) 5 (23) 2 (10)

14-15 years 9 (21) 2 (10) 7 (33)

16-18 years 26 (62) 14 (67) 12 (57)
BMIcZ score, mean (SD) 0.50 (0.89) 0.46 (0.80) 0.54 (0.99)
BMI percentile, mean (SD) 64.3 (25.9) 63.9 (23.6) 64.7 (28.6)

aHigh-level intervention involved one-on-one, face-to-face training and real-time support during food recording day.

bLow-level intervention involved one-on-one training via telephone conversation with only a follow-up after the food recording day.

cBMI: body mass index.