Table 2. Children’s Healthy Living Program Child Characteristics by Study Period and Group, US-Affiliated Pacific Region, 2012-2015.
| Characteristic | No. (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Control | Temporala | Total | ||||
| Time 1b | Time 2c | Time 1b | Time 2c | Time 1b | Time 2c | ||
| Total participants | 1517 | 1342 | 1491 | 1295 | 1321 | 1405 | 8371 |
| Age Group, y | |||||||
| 2-5 | 952 (62.8) | 825 (61.5) | 930 (62.4) | 735 (56.8) | 996 (75.4) | 930 (66.2) | 5368 (64.1) |
| 6-8 | 565 (37.2) | 517 (38.5) | 561 (37.6) | 560 (43.2) | 325 (24.6) | 475 (33.8) | 3003 (35.9) |
| Sex | |||||||
| Boys | 757 (49.9) | 674 (50.2) | 771 (51.7) | 660 (51.0) | 701 (53.1) | 701 (49.9) | 4264 (50.9) |
| Girls | 760 (50.1) | 668 (49.8) | 720 (48.3) | 635 (49.0) | 620 (46.9) | 704 (50.1) | 4107 (49.1) |
| Hispanic Ethnicity | |||||||
| Yes | 173 (11.4) | 92 (6.9) | 136 (9.1) | 123 (9.5) | 120 (9.1) | 129 (9.2) | 773 (9.2) |
| No | 1340 (88.3) | 1250 (93.1) | 1355 (90.9) | 1172 (90.5) | 1197 (90.6) | 1276 (90.8) | 7590 (90.7) |
| Unknown | 4 (0.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (0.3) | 0 | 8 (0.1) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 120 (7.9) | 138 (10.3) | 147 (9.9) | 139 (10.7) | 151 (11.4) | 182 (13.0) | 877 (10.5) |
| Black | 6 (0.4) | 17 (1.3) | 1 (0.1) | 7 (0.5) | 8 (0.6) | 9 (0.6) | 48 (0.6) |
| Asian | 85 (5.6) | 74 (5.5) | 195 (13.1) | 159 (12.3) | 197 (14.9) | 204 (14.5) | 914 (10.9) |
| Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander | 898 (59.2) | 774 (57.7) | 809 (54.3) | 687 (53.1) | 599 (45.3) | 506 (36.0) | 4273 (51.0) |
| American Indian, Alaskan Native | 24 (1.6) | 9 (0.7) | 19 (1.3) | 8 (0.6) | 81 (6.1) | 79 (5.6) | 220 (2.6) |
| >1 | 374 (24.7) | 318 (23.7) | 317 (21.3) | 283 (21.9) | 282 (21.3) | 409 (29.1) | 1983 (23.7) |
| Unknown | 10 (0.7) | 12 (0.9) | 3 (0.2) | 12 (0.9) | 3 (0.2) | 16 (1.1) | 56 (0.7) |
| Indigenousd | |||||||
| Yes | 1087 (71.7) | 871 (64.9) | 968 (64.9) | 759 (58.6) | 793 (60.0) | 852 (60.6) | 5330 (63.7) |
| No | 430 (28.3) | 471 (35.1) | 523 (35.1) | 536 (41.4) | 528 (40.0) | 553 (39.4) | 3041 (36.3) |
a
Temporal communities were selected in each jurisdiction to monitor changes in child obesity over time, without influence of the Children’s Healthy Living Program.
b
Participants enrolled at baseline.
c
Participants enrolled at 24 months.
d
Native race/ethnicity of jurisdiction.