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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2014 Dec 10;12(9):1238–1244. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2014-0126

Table 1.

Demographic, BMI, and MVPA for retained vs. non-retained participants

Characteristic Retained (n= 423)
% or M (SD)
Non-retained (n= 200)
% or M (SD)
F or χ2
Child
Age 11.33 (1.49) 11.55 (1.59) 2.01
Gender 1.04
 Female 48.46 43.96
 Male 51.54 56.04
Ethnicity 0.22
 Non-Hispanic 58.63 56.59
 Hispanic 41.37 43.41
BMI 0.59
 Normal/underweight 62.17 59.35
 Overweight 18.20 17.89
 Obese 19.62 22.76
MVPA 47.00 (42.77) 50.92 (43.68) 0.73

Parent
Age 39.30 (5.95) 38.99 (6.11) 0.33
Gender 6.56*
 Female 83.22 74.16
 Male 16.78 25.84
Ethnicity 0.14
 Non-Hispanic 49.41 47.75
 Hispanic 50.59 52.25
BMI 6.04*
 Normal/underweight 29.55 24.21
 Overweight 39.01 34.21
 Obese 31.44 41.58
MVPA 28.73 (32.62) 33.39 (39.59) 1.77
Income 3.28
 < 30,000 23.64 17.01
 30,000–60,000 28.84 28.57
 60,000–100,000 25.53 28.57
 >100,000 21.99 25.85
Parent encouragement of PA 2.60 (0.75) 2.70 (0.82) 1.99
Parent modeling of PA 2.28 (0.68) 2.37 (0.70) 2.18
Parent influence on PA 2.46 (0.53) 2.47 (0.53) 0.01
*

p < 0.05

Note: Body Mass Index (BMI), Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), Physical activity (PA); Missing data – For children; ethnicity (18), BMI (77), gender (18), age (75), MVPA (89); For parents; ethnicity (22), BMI (10), gender (22), age (22), MVPA (76), income (53), encouragement (24), modeling (22), influence (20)