TABLE 1—
Baseline Demographics of Participants in the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Study: Massachusetts, 2017–2019
| Total (n = 407) | HWC (n = 201) | M-HWYC (n = 206) | Pa | |
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 9.6 (1.8) | 9.6 (1.9) | 9.6 (1.8) | .88 |
| Sex: female, no. (%) | 184 (45.2) | 89 (44.3) | 95 (46.1) | .71 |
| BMI z score, mean (SD) | 1.9 (0.5) | 1.9 (0.5) | 2.0 (0.5) | .96 |
| BMI kg/m,2 median (IQR) | 24.2 (21.6–27.6) | 24.2 (21.7–27.64) | 24.3 (21.6–27.5) | |
| % of the 95th percentile, median (IQR) | 109.5 (99.0–122.4) | 109.6 (98.5–122.9) | 109.3 (99.5–121.9) | |
| BMI category, no. (%) | ||||
| Overweight | 109 (26.8) | 54 (26.9) | 55 (26.7) | .98 |
| Obesity | 176 (43.2) | 86 (42.8) | 90 (43.7) | |
| Severe obesity | 112 (30.0) | 61 (30.3) | 61 (29.6) | |
| Race/ethnicity: Hispanic, no. (%) | 377 (92.9) | 186 (92.5) | 191 (92.7) | .67 |
| Parents born outside of United States (n = 406), no. (%) | 145 (35.7) | 74 (36.8) | 71 (34.6) | .65 |
| Parent education (n = 403), no. (%) | .55 | |||
| < High school | 177 (43.9) | 84 (42.4) | 93 (45.4) | |
| High-school graduate | 132 (32.8) | 70 (35.4) | 62 (30.2) | |
| ≥ Some college | 94 (23.3) | 44 (22.2) | 50 (24.4) | |
| Marital status: married or living together, no. (%) | 152 (37.3) | 73 (36.3) | 79 (38.3) | .67 |
| Parent BMI (n = 375), no. (%) | .05 | |||
| Underweight (BMI < 18.5) | 4 (1.1) | 2 (1.1) | 2 (1.0) | |
| Normal weight (BMI = 18.5–24.9) | 60 (16.0) | 29 (15.9) | 31 (16.1) | |
| Overweight (BMI = 25.0–29.9) | 99 (26.4) | 61 (33.5) | 38 (19.7) | |
| Obesity class 1 (BMI = 30–34.9) | 91 (24.3) | 42 (23.1) | 49 (25.4) | |
| Obesity class 2 (BMI = 35–39.9) | 71 (18.9) | 27 (14.8) | 44 (22.8) | |
| Obesity class 3 (BMI ≥ 40) | 50 (13.3) | 21 (11.5) | 29 (15.0) | |
| Family assistance, no. (%) | ||||
| WIC | 104 (25.6) | 54 (26.9) | 50 (24.3) | .63 |
| Food stamps/SNAP/EBT | 280 (68.8) | 137 (68.2) | 143 (69.4) | .87 |
| Free/reduced price meals at school | 360 (88.5) | 182 (90.5) | 178 (86.4) | .25 |
| Household income, $ per year, no. (%) | ||||
| ≤ 20 000 | 218 (68.6) | 101 (63.9) | 117 (73.1) | .1 |
| > 20 000 | 100 (31.4) | 57 (36.1) | 43 (26.9) | |
| Social needs, no. (%) | ||||
| Housing insecurity | 121 (29.7) | 59 (29.4) | 62 (30.1) | .87 |
| Food Insecurity | 200 (49.1) | 93 (46.3) | 107 (51.9) | .25 |
| Parental stress—rather or very much | 124 (30.5) | 60 (29.9) | 64 (31.1) | .79 |
| Parental depression | 147 (36.1) | 84 (41.8) | 63 (30.6) | .02 |
| Mean contact hours received (SD) | 7.4 (10.2) | 4.8 (5.7) | 9.9 (12.7) | < .01 |
| Contact hours, median (IQR) | 3.0 (0.0–10.0) | 3.0 (0.0–7.7) | 5.0 (0.0–16.0) | |
| Engaged in at least 1 visit, no. (%) | 264 (64.9) | 136 (67.7) | 128 (62.1) | .24 |
| Completed at least 26 contact hours, no. (%) | 30 (7.4) | 0 (0) | 30 (14.6) | < .01 |
Note. BMI = body mass index; EBT = Electronic Benefits Transfer; HWC = Healthy Weight Clinic; IQR = interquartile range; M-HWYC = Modified Healthy Weight and Your Child; SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; WIC = Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
a
P value calculated by 2-sample t test.