Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants allocated to the messaging and control groups.
| Experimental Group1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Messaging (n = 25) | Control (n = 25) | Test statistic2 (p-value) |
| Demographics | |||
| (a) Age (years) | 14.68 (0.69) | 14.60 (0.82) | -0.37 (0.71) |
| (b) Ethnicity | 20 Chinese | 22 Chinese | 3.093 (0.54) |
| 3 Indian | 1 Indian | ||
| 1 Malay | 1 Malay | ||
| 1 Others | 1 Others | ||
| (c) Body mass index | 21.53 (2.53) | 21.05 (2.24) | -0.72 (0.48) |
| Baseline eating behaviors | |||
| (a) Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire | |||
| Restraint | 2.47 (1.01) | 2.30 (0.65) | -0.67 (0.50) |
| Emotional eating | 2.28 (1.11) | 2.24 (0.89) | -0.14 (0.89) |
| External eating | 3.56 (0.75) | 3.35 (0.67) | -1.04 (0.30) |
| (b) Time interval from previous meal (h) | 4.34 (2.69) | 4.84 (2.94) | 0.63 (0.53) |
1Data reported as means (standard deviation) or counts. 2Unless otherwise stated, the test statistic refers to the t-statistic. 3Pearson’s chi-square statistic reported.