Table 1.
Characteristics of children.
| Variables | Control (n = 14) |
Intervention (n = 18) |
p Value * |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 4.93/0.83 | 4.56/0.62 | 0.15 |
| Gender | 0.15 | ||
| Boys, n = 16 | 5 | 11 | |
| Girls, n = 16 | 9 | 7 | |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.16 | ||
| White American, n =11 | 7 | 4 | |
| Asian American, n =19 | 7 | 12 | |
| African American, n =2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Height, cm (M/SD) | 111.46/8.21 | 108.83/6.91 | 0.33 |
| Weight, kg (M/SD) | 18.86/2.90 | 18.21/2.58 | 0.50 |
| BMI, kg/m2 (M/SD) | 15.14/1.24 | 15.32/1.12 | 0.67 |
M = mean; SD = standard deviation. *: Student’s t-test for continuous variables and Chi-square test for categorical variables.