Table 1. Sample characteristics at baseline and follow-up for total sample and by gender.
| Total | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | |||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | p | N (%) | N (%) | P | |
| Total | 7,237 | 2,948 | 3,428 (47.4) | 3,809 (52.6) | <0.00 | 1,303 (44.2) | 1,645 (55.8) | <0.00 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Indigenous Fijian | 3,077 (42.5) | 956 (32.4) | 1,401 (40.9) | 1,676 (44.0) | 413 (31.7) | 543 (33.0) | ||
| Indo-Fijian | 3,794 (52.4) | 1,825 (61.9) | 1,870 (54.5) | 1,924 (50.5) | 826 (63.4) | 999 (60.7) | ||
| Other | 366 (5.1) | 167 (5.7) | 157 (4.6) | 209 (5.5) | <0.00 | 64 (4.9) | 103 (6.3) | 0.17 |
| Study Condition | ||||||||
| Intervention group | 2,670 (36.9) | 879 (29.8) | 1,399 (36.7) | 1,271 (37.1) | 406 (31.2) | 475 (28.9) | ||
| Comparison group | 4,567 (63.1) | 2,069 (70.2) | 2,410 (63.3) | 2,157 (62.9) | 0.76 | 897 (68.8) | 1,170 (71.1) | 0.18 |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | |||||||
| Age (years) | 15.6 (1.4) | 17.4 (0.9) | 15.6 (1.4) | 15.6 (1.4) | 0.28 | 17.4 (0.8) | 17.3 (0.9) | 0.04 |
| BMI-z score | -0.01 (1.4) | -0.12 (1.4) | -0.18 (1.4) | 0.17 (1.3) | <0.00 | -0.24 (1.5) | -0.02 (1.3) | <0.00 |
| PedsQL–Emotional Subscale | 64.1 (17.6) | 64.4 (16.3) | 68.5 (17.0) | 60.2 (17.2) | <0.00 | 69.7 (15.5) | 60.2 (15.6) | <0.00 |
Data from the 2005–2008 Pacific Obesity Prevention in Communities Project.
N: Total number at collection point; M: Mean; SD: Standard deviation.
Results significant where p<0.05.