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. 2019 Jan 3;16:1. doi: 10.1186/s12966-018-0763-4

Table 5.

Anthropometric data (mean ± SD) for control and intervention group at baseline (5.5 months) and follow-up (12 months)

Group Allocation Unadjusted Adjusted for baseline values
Mean ± SD Mean difference (95% CI) p value Mean differencec(95% CI) p value
Child BMI
Baselinea
 Intervention 17.04 ± 1.46 − 0.26 (− 0.56 to 0.42) 0.091
 Control 17.30 ± 1.47 NA
Follow-upb
 Intervention 17.10 ± 1.40 −0.01 (− 0.28 to 0.26) 0.96 0.16 (− 0.09 to 0.42) 0.21
 Control 17.11 ± 1.31 NA
BMI z-scores
Baseline
 Intervention −0.06 ± 0.95 −0.17 (− 0.37 to 0.03) 0.095
 Control 0.11 ± 0.97 NA
Follow-up
 Intervention 0.31 ± 0.99 −0.02 (−0.21 to 0.17) 0.85 0.09 (−0.09 to 0.27) 0.30
 Control 0.33 ± 0.88 NA NA
Change in BMI z-scores
Baseline to follow-up
 Intervention 0.30 ± 0.85 0.17 (−0.03 to 0.37) 0.097 0.15 (−0.04 to 0.34) 0.13
 Control 0.14 ± 0.77 NA NA

Linear regression and multiple linear regression are used for between-group comparison of continuous outcomes

a Baseline: n = 365

b Follow-up: n = 380

c Adjusted for the respective baseline value