Table 2.

Baseline characteristics given by gender and number of overweight parents^a*

	Girls (n = 174)						Boys (n = 143)
	Number of overweight parents			p valueb	Number of overweight parents			p valueb
	0 (n = 76)	1 (n = 74)	2 (n = 24)		0 (n = 61)	1 (n = 59)	2 (n = 23)
Age, years	9.5 ± 0.4	9.6 ± 0.4	9.7 ± 0.5	0.21	9.6 ± 0.4	9.7 ± 0.4	9.7 ± 0.4	0.40
BMI, kg/m2	16.7 ± 2.2	17.3 ± 2.7	18.9 ± 2.2	0.001	16.6 ± 1.7	17.3 ± 2.0	17.9 ± 2.8	0.02
BMI z-score	0.2 ± 1.0	0.4 ± 1.2	1.2 ± 0.7	0.000	0.1 ± 1.0	0.5 ± 1.0	0.7 ± 1.2	0.03
Puberty status (Tanner)	2.2 ± 0.5	2.3 ± 0.6	2.5 ± 0.6	0.10	2.0 ± 0.0	2.0 ± 0.0	2.0 ± 0.0
Physical activity, % who exercises regularly	42.5	50.0	48.3	0.76	68.2	66.2	37.0	0.02
Inactivity, h/day	5.2 ± 0.1	5.7 ± 0.2	5.7 ± 0.3	0.10	5.8 ± 0.2	5.8 ± 0.2	6.2 ± 0.3	0.52
Father's income, % with lowest income category	1.3	4.6	13.8	0.51	1.6	3.2	3.6	0.02
Mother's income, % with lowest income category	6.3	5.6	13.8	0.13	12.5	7.7	3.6	0.36
Total EI, MJ/day	9.0 ± 1.8	8.7 ± 2.2	9.0 ± 2.3	0.76	9.4 ± 2.7	9.5 ± 2.2	9.7 ± 2.5	0.91
Total fat intake, g/day	78.5 ± 19.5	75.6 ± 27.1	82.0 ± 34.7	0.52	79.4 ± 28.3	84.5 ± 27.9	87.9 ± 38.9	0.44
FE%	33.6 ± 5.6	32.7 ± 7.3	34.2 ± 9.0	0.56	32.0 ± 5.7	33.5 ± 7.7	34.0 ± 6.9	0.32
Birth weight, g	3,333 ± 463	3,284 ± 591	3,445 ± 434	0.42	3,451 ± 494	3,382 ± 643	3,536 ± 481	0.52

FE% = fat energy percent.

^aNumbers are means ± SD at baseline where nothing else is stated.

^bp values reflect ANOVA one-way variance analysis, test for difference between 0, 1 and 2 overweight parents.