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. 2017 Nov 1;8:197–203. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.10.012

Table 1.

Sample characteristics (mother-child dyads n = 55).

Mother
Child
Mean (SD) or n (%)a
Child's sex
 Male 28 (50.9%)
 Female 27 (49.1%)
Child's age 8. 22 (3.66)
 3–5.99 years 25 (45.5%)
 10–12.99 years 30 (54.5%)
Mother's age 37.83 (7.15)
Race
 White 42 (76.4%) 42 (76.4%)
 Other 13 (23.6%) 13 (23.6%)
Child's BMI (mean z-score) 0.19 (1.33)
 Underweight or normalb 39 (70.9%)
 Overweight 6 (10.9%)
 Obese 10 (18.2%)
Mother's BMI 28.35 (8.51)
 Underweight or normalc 26 (47.2%)
 Overweight 11 (20.0%)
 Obese 18 (32.7%)
Maternal education
 High schoold 8 (14.5%)
 Some college 15 (27.3%)
 2 year college degree 9 (16.4%)
 4 year college degree or more 23 (41.8%)
Income-to-needs ratioe 1.76 (1.13)
Home environment variables
 # of electronic devices child has access to 14.49 (5.36)
 # of items in the home that can be used for physical activity 7.87 (2.55)
Moderate-to-vigorous PA (proportion)
 MVPA overall 0.05 (0.03) 0.12 (0.06)
 MVPA, weekday 0.05 (0.03) 0.12 (0.06)
 MVPA, weekend 0.05 (0.03) 0.12 (0.07)
 MVPA, both at home 0.04 (0.03) 0.12 (0.06)
 MVPA, when at least one away from home 0.05 (0.03) 0.13 (0.06)
Sedentary time (proportion)
 ST, overall 0.72 (0.08) 0.61 (0.08)
 ST, weekday 0.72 (0.08) 0.61 (0.08)
 ST, weekend 0.72 (0.08) 0.62 (0.11)
 ST, both at home 0.72 (0.10) 0.63 (0.09)
 ST, when at least one away from home 0.71 (0.08) 0.60 (0.09)
a

Numbers may not add up to total n due to missing data.

b

Five children (9.1%) were classified as underweight.

c

Two mothers (3.6%) were classified as underweight.

d

One mother (1.8%) reported less than high school graduate.

e

Income-to-needs ratio was calculated using the midpoint of reported income.