Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the IDEFICS/I.Family baseline sample and the subsamples that participated in the two follow-ups.
| Participated at T1 | Participated at T3 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline participants | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age child (years) | 6.0 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 1.8 |
| Compliance score of child | 6.3 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 6.4 | 1.1 |
| Compliance score parent(s) | 3.5 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.8 |
| Mother's age (years) | 35.2 | 5.3 | 35.5 | 5.3 | 34.5 | 5.4 | 35.7 | 5.2 | 35.4 | 5.3 |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Sex of child | ||||||||||
| Male | 7,928 | 50.8 | 5,418 | 50.6 | 2,510 | 51.1 | 2,511 | 50.8 | 2,907 | 50.4 |
| Female | 7,690 | 49.2 | 5,291 | 49.4 | 2,399 | 48.9 | 2,433 | 49.2 | 2,858 | 49.6 |
| Weight status child | ||||||||||
| Normal weight | 12,543 | 80.3 | 8,724 | 81.5 | 3,819 | 77.8 | 4,002 | 80.9 | 4,722 | 81.9 |
| Overweight | 1,963 | 12.6 | 1,275 | 11.9 | 688 | 14.0 | 611 | 12.4 | 664 | 11.5 |
| Obese | 1,112 | 7.1 | 710 | 6.6 | 402 | 8.2 | 331 | 6.7 | 379 | 6.6 |
| Weight status parents | ||||||||||
| No parent overweight | 3,943 | 25.2 | 2,836 | 26.5 | 1,107 | 22.6 | 1,355 | 27.4 | 1,481 | 25.7 |
| At least one parent overweight | 10,059 | 64.4 | 6,909 | 64.5 | 3,150 | 64.2 | 3,162 | 64.0 | 3,747 | 65.0 |
| Missing | 1,616 | 10.3 | 964 | 9.0 | 652 | 13.3 | 427 | 8.6 | 537 | 9.3 |
| Migration background | ||||||||||
| No | 12,906 | 82.6 | 8,972 | 83.8 | 3,934 | 80.1 | 4,149 | 83.9 | 4,823 | 83.7 |
| Partly | 1,384 | 8.9 | 939 | 8.8 | 445 | 9.1 | 475 | 9.6 | 464 | 8.0 |
| Full | 1,079 | 6.9 | 656 | 6.1 | 423 | 8.6 | 265 | 5.4 | 391 | 6.8 |
| Missing | 249 | 1.6 | 142 | 1.3 | 107 | 2.2 | 55 | 1.1 | 87 | 1.5 |
| Educational level | ||||||||||
| Low education | 7,335 | 47.0 | 5,387 | 50.3 | 1,948 | 39.7 | 2,582 | 52.2 | 2,805 | 48.7 |
| Medium education | 7,010 | 44.9 | 4,554 | 42.5 | 2,456 | 50.0 | 2,062 | 41.7 | 2,492 | 43.2 |
| High education | 1,073 | 6.9 | 651 | 6.1 | 422 | 8.6 | 251 | 5.1 | 400 | 6.9 |
| Missing | 200 | 1.3 | 117 | 1.1 | 83 | 1.7 | 49 | 1.0 | 68 | 1.2 |
| Number of adults in household | ||||||||||
| One | 1,255 | 8.0 | 763 | 7.1 | 492 | 10.0 | 332 | 6.7 | 431 | 7.5 |
| Two | 11,032 | 70.6 | 7,847 | 73.3 | 3,185 | 64.9 | 3,633 | 73.5 | 4,214 | 73.1 |
| Three | 1,081 | 6.9 | 740 | 6.9 | 341 | 6.9 | 372 | 7.5 | 368 | 6.4 |
| Four or more | 424 | 2.7 | 270 | 2.5 | 154 | 3.1 | 134 | 2.7 | 136 | 2.4 |
| Missing | 1,826 | 11.7 | 1,089 | 10.2 | 737 | 15.0 | 473 | 9.6 | 616 | 10.7 |
| Siblings aged < 18 years | ||||||||||
| Yes | 3,667 | 23.5 | 2,364 | 22.1 | 1,303 | 26.5 | 1,063 | 21.5 | 1,301 | 22.6 |
| No | 10,364 | 66.4 | 7,412 | 69.2 | 2,952 | 60.1 | 3,482 | 70.4 | 3,930 | 68.2 |
| Missing | 1,587 | 10.2 | 933 | 8.7 | 654 | 13.3 | 399 | 8.1 | 534 | 9.3 |
| Region | ||||||||||
| Intervention | 8,075 | 51.7 | 5,525 | 51.6 | 2,550 | 51.9 | 2,607 | 52.7 | 2,918 | 50.6 |
| Control | 7,543 | 48.3 | 5,184 | 48.4 | 2,359 | 48.1 | 2,337 | 47.3 | 2,847 | 49.4 |
| Country | ||||||||||
| Spain | 1,480 | 9.5 | 1,203 | 11.2 | 277 | 5.6 | 429 | 8.7 | 774 | 13.4 |
| Hungary | 2,496 | 16.0 | 1,218 | 11.4 | 1,278 | 26.0 | 468 | 9.5 | 750 | 13.0 |
| Germany | 2,008 | 12.9 | 1,165 | 10.9 | 843 | 17.2 | 637 | 12.9 | 528 | 9.2 |
| Cyprus | 2,111 | 13.5 | 1,589 | 14.8 | 522 | 10.6 | 862 | 17.4 | 727 | 12.6 |
| Estonia | 1,650 | 10.6 | 1,284 | 12.0 | 366 | 7.5 | 721 | 14.6 | 563 | 9.8 |
| Belgium | 1,884 | 12.1 | 1,236 | 11.5 | 648 | 13.2 | 242 | 4.9 | 994 | 17.2 |
| Italy | 2,241 | 14.3 | 1,543 | 14.4 | 698 | 14.2 | 873 | 17.7 | 670 | 11.6 |
| Sweden | 1,748 | 11.2 | 1,471 | 13.7 | 277 | 5.6 | 712 | 14.4 | 759 | 13.2 |
| N | 15,618 | 100 | 10,709 | 100 | 4,909 | 100 | 4,944 | 100 | 5,765 | 100 |
Note that percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding. SD, standard deviation.