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. 2019 Feb 15;16:22. doi: 10.1186/s12966-019-0783-8

Table 1.

Description of the sample at all timepoints by intervention and control

Baseline (2001) Follow-up 1 (2002) Follow-up 2 (2003)*
Intervention Control Intervention Control Intervention Control
p-value p-value p-value
N 585 1365 532 1262 293 625
Gender (% female) 49 50 0.488 49 50 0.517 46 51 0.102
Parental education (% high) 48 39 < 0.001 48 39 0.001 46 40 0.115
Mean ± SD Mean SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
Fruit (portions/day) 1.3 ± 1.5 1.5 ± 1.9 0.009 1.7 ± 1.6 1.2 ± 1.5 < 0.001 1.4 ± 1.4 1.2 ± 1.4 0.005
Fruit (times/week) 7.3 ± 4.4 7.6 ± 4.4 0.298 7.7 ± 4.1 7.2 ± 4.4 0.051 7.6 ± 4.2 7.4 ± 4.2 0.700
Vegetable (portions/day) 0.8 ± 1.1 0.9 ± 1.3 0.287 0.6 ± 1.0 0.6 ± 1.0 0.451 0.6 ± .09 0.6 ± 0.9 0.860
Vegetable (times/week) 6.5 ± 3.9 6.6 ± 3.8 0.763 7.1 ± 3.8 6.3 ± 3.9 < 0.001 6.6 ± 3.5 6.4 ± 3.6 0.280
Unhealthy Snacks (times/week) 6.5 ± 4.1 7.2 ± 7.7 0.001 6.3 ± 4.4 7.4 ± 5.1 < 0.001 6.0 ± 3.9 7.1 ± 5.0 < 0.001
Follow-up 3 (2005) Follow-up 4 (2009) Follow-up 5 (2016)
Intervention Control Intervention Control Intervention control
p-value p-value p-value
N 500 1101 112 208 297 685
Gender (% female) 48 52 0.200 59 64 0.355 54 55 0.917
Parental education (% high) 48 40 0.004 53 46 0.229 54 48 0.141
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
Fruit (portions/day) 1.2 ± 1.4 1.2 ± 1.6 0.820 1.2 ± 1.4 1.0 ± 1.3 0.245 1.3 ± 1.3 1.2 ± 1.3 0.858
Fruit (times/week) 7.5 ± 4.3 7.0 ± 4.5 0.020 6.4 ± 4.3 6.0 ± 4.2 0.417 6.3 ± 3.6 6.3 ± 3.5 0.903
Vegetable (portions/day) 1.0 ± 1.3 0.9 ± 1.4 0.293 1.0 ± 1.1 1.0 ± 1.08 0.763 1.6 ± 1.4 1.5 ± 1.4 0.600
Vegetable (times/week) 6.9 ± 3.9 6.3 ± 3.7 < 0.001 6.6 ± 3.8 6.5 ± 3.9 0.825 7.8 ± 3.3 8.1 ± 3.4 0.301
Unhealthy snacks (times/week) 6.5 ± 5.2 7.2 ± 5.1 0.013 4.7 ± 3.4 5.4 ± 4.8 0.143 3.7 ± 2.6 4.1 ± 2.9 0.050

T-test for continuous variables. Chi square for categorical variables. *Follow-up 2 included only initially 6th graders (not 7th graders as they in May 2003 were in secondary elementary schools