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. 2018 Jan 16;18:7. doi: 10.1186/s12887-017-0975-9

Table 2.

Effect of HealthCorps on BMI z-score, and overweight/obesity and obesity prevalence stratified by sex and baseline weight status

BMI z-score
HealthCorps (Est±SE) Comparison(Est±SE)
Sex Baseline Weight Status N Pre Post Post–Pre delta p N Pre Post Post–Pre delta p
Males Normal 242 −0.23±0.08 −0.09±0.08 0.13±0.04 0.001 91 −0.10±0.11 0.10±0.11 0.20±0.06 0.002
Ow/Ob 109 1.68±0.08 1.61±0.08 −0.07±0.05 0.140 34 1.75±0.11 1.70±0.11 −0.05±0.08 0.513
Obese 50 1.99±0.06 1.94±0.06 −0.05±0.07 0.496 18 2.08±0.12 1.93±0.12 −0.15±0.11 0.191
All 351 0.36±0.09 0.44±0.09 0.08±0.04 0.013 125 0.47±0.14 0.60±0.14 0.14±0.05 0.008
Females Normal 177 −0.04±0.06 0.03±0.06 0.07±0.04 0.069 68 −0.21±0.10 −0.20±0.10 0.02±0.06 0.728
Ow/Ob 83 1.60±0.07 1.44±0.07 −0.16±0.05 0.004 28 1.58±0.10 1.55±0.11 −0.03±0.09 0.707
Obese 33 1.98±0.08 1.74±0.08 −0.23±0.10 0.028 12 1.94±0.12 1.91±0.12 −0.04±0.17 0.825
All 260 0.49±0.12 0.50±0.12 0.01±0.03 0.753 96 0.31±0.11 0.32±0.11 0.01±0.05 0.772
Overweight/obesity and obesity rates
HealthCorps Comparison
Sex Weight Status Pre% Post% OR of Post vs. Pre (95% CI) p Pre% Post% OR of Post vs. Pre (95% CI) p
Males Ow/Ob 31.1% 31.3% 1.05 (0.73, 1.53) 0.785 27.2% 31.2% 1.33 (0.71, 2.48) 0.379
Obese 14.3% 15.7% 1.22 (0.76, 1.96) 0.400 14.4% 17.6% 1.38 (0.64, 2.97) 0.412
Females Ow/Ob 31.9% 27.7% 0.77 (0.49, 1.21) 0.251 29.2% 28.1% 0.92 (0.44, 1.96) 0.817
Obese 12.7% 13.1% 1.08 (0.59, 19.7) 0.792 12.5% 10.4% 0.75 (0.26, 2.13) 0.583

Note: Model-based Est (Estimates) and OR (odds-ratio) were adjusted for age and Hispanic race; SE Standard error; Ow/Ob Overweight/Obese; Bold-faced numbers and p-values indicate significant changes from pre to post-HealthCorps teaching