Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants by school.
| Characteristics | Total (N = 508) a | School 1 (N = 190) |
School 2 (N = 318) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Gender | 0.36 b | |||
| Female | 254 (50) | 90 (47) | 164 (52) | |
| Male | 254 (50) | 100 (53) | 154 (48) | |
| Country of birth | 0.95 b | |||
| US | 461 (92) | 175 (92) | 286 (92) | |
| Mexico or other | 39 (8) | 15 (8) | 24 (8) | |
| Years lived in US | 0.19 b | |||
| <14 | 55 (11) | 25 (13) | 30 (9) | |
| ≥14 | 453 (89) | 165 (87) | 288 (91) | |
| Work status in the prior year | 0.01 b | |||
| No work | 298 (59) | 128 (67) | 170 (54) | |
| Any farm work | 136 (27) | 41 (22) | 95 (30) | |
| Non-farm work only | 72 (14) | 21 (11) | 51 (16) | |
| Working at the time of survey | 0.15 b | |||
| No | 486 (96) | 185 (97) | 301 (95) | |
| Yes | 22 (4) | 5 (3) | 17 (5) | |
| Television (TV) time on average school day | 0.27 b | |||
| None | 87 (17) | 28 (15) | 59 (19) | |
| 1+ hours | 421 (83) | 162 (85) | 259 (81) | |
| Blood pressure | 0.01 b | |||
| Normal | 360 (71) | 147 (77) | 213 (67) | |
| High or high normal | 148 (29) | 43 (23) | 105 (33) | |
| Acanthosis nigricans | 0.83 b | |||
| No | 385 (76) | 143 (75) | 242 (76) | |
| Yes | 123 (24) | 47 (25) | 76 (24) | |
| Overweight or obese | 0.07 b | |||
| No | 264 (52) | 89 (47) | 175 (55) | |
| Yes | 244 (48) | 101 (53) | 143 (45) | |
| Waist at or above 75th percentile | 0.05 b | |||
| No | 264 (52) | 88 (47) | 176 (56) | |
| Yes | 240 (48) | 100 (53) | 140 (44) | |
| Experienced discrimination based on race or ethnicity | 0.08 b | |||
| Never | 330 (65) | 132 (70) | 198 (62) | |
| Sometimes/often | 177 (35) | 57 (30) | 120 (38) | |
| Depressive symptoms | 0.97 b | |||
| No | 403 (80) | 151 (80) | 252 (80) | |
| Yes | 102 (20) | 38 (20) | 64 (20) | |
| Number of sports teams in previous year | 0.45 b | |||
| None | 250 (49) | 97 (51) | 153 (48) | |
| 1–2 teams | 206 (41) | 77 (41) | 129 (41) | |
| 3+ teams | 51 (10) | 15 (8) | 36 (11) | |
| Days being physically active | 0.43 b | |||
| None | 70 (14) | 32 (17) | 38 (14) | |
| 1–2 days | 87 (17) | 32 (17) | 55 (17) | |
| 3–6 days | 222 (44) | 77 (41) | 145 (46) | |
| 7 days | 127 (25) | 48 (25) | 79 (25) | |
| Continuous Variables | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p-Value |
| Age (years) | 15.0 (0.8) | 14.9 (0.8) | 15.0 (0.8) | 0.25 c |
| Body Mass Index (BMI) | 25.8 (7.1) | 26.5 (7.4) | 25.4 (6.8) | 0.10 c |
| Average waist circumference (cm) | 88.5 (17.4) | 90.1 (17.7) | 87.5 (17.1) | 0.12 c |
| Hours sleeping during weekdays | 7.7 (1.3) | 7.6 (1.4) | 7.7 (1.3) | 0.21 c |
| Hours sleeping during weekend | 8.9 (2.6) | 8.8 (2.7) | 9.0 (2.6) | 0.50 c |
a Characteristics may not sum to 508 due to missing values; b chi-square test; c t-test.