Table 2.
Characteristics of Children with Repeated Cross-sectional Behavioral Survey Responses. Data from 1,365 WIC-enrolled Massachusetts Children Age 2–5 Years in MA-CORD Intervention and Comparison Sites.
| Intervention Site #1 |
Intervention Site #2 |
Comparison Site |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Characteristics, Baseline and Year 2 Samples | N=352 | N=395 | N=618 | |
| Age, mean (SD), months | 39.97 (10.20) | 38.33 (9.77) | 38.88 (9.86) | 0.07 |
| Boy, n(%) | 181 (51.4) | 200 (50.6) | 316 (51.1) | 0.98 |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
| White, non-Hispanic | 188 (53.4) | 262 (66.3) | 262 (42.4) | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 109 (31.0) | 69 (17.5) | 128 (20.7) | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 31 (8.8) | 40 (10.1) | 77 (12.5) | |
| Asian | 9 (2.6) | 3 (0.8) | 127 (20.6) | |
| Other race, non-Hispanic | 15 (4.3) | 21 (5.3) | 24 (3.9) | |
| BMI category at Year 2, n (%) | 0.01 | |||
| <5th %ile | 2 (1.2) | 2 (0.9) | 22 (6.6) | |
| 5th to <85th %ile | 124 (73.8) | 161 (70.6) | 230 (68.4) | |
| ≥85th %ile to <95th %ile | 24 (14.3) | 35 (15.3) | 43 (12.8) | |
| ≥95th %ile | 18 (10.7) | 30 (13.2) | 41 (12.2) |
Abbreviations: WIC, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; MA-CORD, Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration Study BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared).