Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of the Study Population
| Characteristic | Randomized Group, No. (%) | Criteria-Eligible Randomized Group, No. (%)a | ||
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| Control (n = 684) | Intervention (n = 685) | Control (n = 282) | Intervention (n = 283) | |
| Age, median (IQR), y | 12.6 (11.3–14.5) | 13.4 (11.2–15.8) | 12.6 (11.3–14.5) | 13.1 (11.1–15.7) |
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| Sex | ||||
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| Male | 371 (54.2) | 341 (49.8) | 138 (48.9) | 130 (45.9) |
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| Female | 313 (45.8) | 344 (50.2) | 144 (51.1) | 153 (54.1) |
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| Raceb | ||||
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| Black | 336 (49.1) | 376 (55.1) | 135 (47.9) | 150 (53.0) |
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| Hispanic | 243 (35.5) | 192 (28.1) | 126 (44.7) | 99 (35.0) |
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| White | 59 (8.6) | 55 (8.1) | 12 (4.3) | 13 (4.6) |
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| Other/unknown | 46 (6.7) | 60 (8.8) | 9 (3.2) | 21 (7.4) |
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| Insurancec | ||||
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| Commercial | 42 (6.4) | 35 (5.4) | 17 (6.3) | 13 (4.8) |
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| Medicaid | 560 (85.8) | 519 (79.5) | 227 (84.1) | 222 (82.2) |
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| Self-pay | 25 (3.8) | 36 (5.5) | 12 (4.4) | 15 (5.6) |
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| Other | 25 (3.8) | 53 (8.1) | 14 (5.2) | 17 (6.3) |
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| None | 1 (0.2) | 10 (1.5) | 0 | 3 (1.1) |
Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range.
a
Includes 565 patients who met criteria of a body mass index at or above the 85th percentile and 2 or more other risk factors.
b
Data were missing for 2 patients in the randomized intervention group.
c
Data were missing for 31 patients in the randomized control group, 32 patients in the randomized intervention group, 12 patients in the criteria-eligible randomized control group, and 13 patients in the criteria-eligible randomized intervention group.