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. 2020 Aug 20;20:392. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-02297-1

Table 6.

MEND B.C. Program Effectiveness Outcomes

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Overall
Baseline Mean (SD) Follow-up Mean (SD) Δ (95CI) ES Baseline
Mean (SD)
Follow-up Mean (SD) Δ (95CI) ES Baseline
Mean (SD)
Follow-up Mean (SD) Δ (95CI) ES Baseline
Mean (SD)
Follow-up Mean (SD) Δ (95CI) ES Baseline
Mean
(SD)
Follow-up Mean (SD) Δ (95CI) ES
BMI z-score 2.82 (0.85) 2.71 (0.84) −0.11* (− 0.13, − 0.08) − 0.13 3.02 (1.12) 2.85 (1.06) − 0.16* (− 0.19, − 0.13) − 0.16 2.55 (0.95) 2.43 (0.95) − 0.12* (− 0.14, − 0.09) − 0.13 2.65 (0.9) 2.52 (0.93) −0.12* (− 0.15, − 0.09) −0.14

2.74

(0.96)

2.62 (0.95) −0.12* (− 0.14,-0.11) −0.13
Waist circumference (cm) 89.5 (0.8) 88.6 (11.8) −0.9* (− 1.3, − 0.5) −0.11 89.4 (1) 88.2 (11.5) −1.2* (− 1.7, − 0.7) −0.15 83.7 (0.8) 83.1 (13) −0.5* (− 1, 0) − 0.07 84.9 (11.6) 84.5 (11.9) − 0.4 (− 1, 0.2) −0.03 86.9 (0.5) 86.1 (12.4) −0.7* (− 1,-0.5) −0.09
Nutrition score (0–28) 17.6 (4.3) 21.7 (6.9) 4.1* (3.5, 4.6) 0.71 18.7 (4.4) 22.1 (6.4) 3.4* (2.8, 4) 0.62 18 (4.1) 21.1 (6.6) 3.1 * (2.7, 3.6) 0.56 17.8 (3.7) 21 (5.6) 3.3 *(2.6, 4) 0.67 18.0 (4.2) 21.5 (6.5) 3.5* (3.2,3.8) 0.64
Physical activity (hours/week) 10.4 (6.2) 14.1 (6.9) 3.7* (2.8, 4.7) 0.56 10.3 (5.9) 13.2 (8.2) 2.9* (1.7, 4.2) 0.41 11.2 (5.7) 13.1 (7.2) 1.9* (1, 2.7) 0.29 11.5 (6.4) 12.9 (5.7) 1.4 (0.3, 2.5) 0.23 10.8 (6) 13.4 (7.1) 2.6* (2.1,3.1) 0.40
PAQ-C [15] 2.67 (0.63)

2.95

(0.75)

0.27* (0.19, 0.35) 0.40 2.76 (0.63)

2.89

(0.69)

0.13* (0.03, 0.23) 0.20 2.71 (0.61)

2.88

(0.62)

0.18* (0.10, 0.25) 0.28 2.72 (0.7)

2.91

(0.67)

0.18* (0.08, 0.29) 0.28 2.71 (0.64)

2.91

(0.69)

0.20* (0.16, 0.25) 0.30
Recovery heart rate (beats/minute) 105.1 (18.3) 103.1 (17.5) −2 (−4.3, 0.3) −0.11 109.8 (18.1) 105.8 (18.8) −3.9* (−6.4, −1.5) −0.22 101.5 (19.1) 101.3 (16.8) −0.2 (− 2.5, 2) − 0.01 104.2 (19.4) 100.3 (14.7) − 3.9* (− 6.6, − 1.3) −0.23 104.6 (18.9) 102.5 (17.2) −2.1* (− 3.3,-0.9) − 0.12
Hours screen time/week 13.7 (9) 9.8 (6.9) −3.9* (−5, − 2.8) − 0.49 12 (9) 9.2 (8.2) −2.7* (− 4.6, − 0.8) −0.33 11 (7.3) 9.6 (7.2) − 1.5* (− 2.5, − 0.5) −0.19 12.9 (8.6) 8.6 (5.7) −4.3* (− 5.8, − 2.8) − 0.59 12.4 (8.5) 9.4 (7.1) −3.0* (− 3.6,-2.3) −0.38
Emotional Distress (0–40) 11.3 (6.2) 9.7 (6.2) −1.6* (− 2.3, − 1) − 0.26 10.7 (5.9) 9.2 (5.9) −1.5* (− 2.4, − 0.7) −0.25 11.5 (6) 10.5 (6.1) −1.0* (− 1.5, − 0.4) −0.17 11.1 (5.8) 10.1 (5.1) −1 (− 1.8, − 0.3) −0.18 11.2 (6) 9.9 (6.1) −1.3* (− 1.6,-1) − 0.21

Note: Δ = change in outcomes at follow-up relative to baseline; ES effect size, SD Standard Deviation, CI Confidence intervals. *p < 0.05