Table 1.
Characteristics of the intervention and control groups in the total sample and by BMI categories.
| Total Sample | Non-Overweight | Overweight/Obese | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AulAttiva n = 58 |
Control n = 57 |
p | AulAttiva n = 36 |
Control n = 30 |
p | AulAttiva n = 22 |
Control n = 27 |
p | |
| Gender, n (%) | |||||||||
| males females |
29 (50) 29 (50) |
32 (56.1) 25 (43.9) |
0.636 a | 19 (53) 17 (47) |
12 (40) 18 (60) |
0.300 a | 10 (45.5) 12 (54.6) |
20 (74) 7 (26) |
0.041 a |
| Age, (years) | 8.8 ± 0.4 | 8.6 ± 0.3 | 0.027 b | 8.7 ± 0.4 | 8.6 ± 0.3 | 0.186 b | 8.8 ± 0.3 | 8.6 ± 0.3 | 0.057 b |
| Height, (cm) | 133.1 ± 5.9 | 133.1 ± 5.5 | 0.982 b | 131.6 ± 5.3 | 131.6 ± 5.6 | 0.992 b | 135.4 ± 6.4 | 134.7 ± 4.9 | 0.675 b |
| Weight, (Kg) | 32.9 ± 7.9 | 34.6 ± 7.9 | 0.252 b | 28.4 ± 3.5 | 28.7 ± 2.7 | 0.773 b | 40.3 ± 7.4 | 41.2 ± 6.4 | 0.629 b |
| BMI, (Kg/m2) | 18.4 ± 3.3 | 19.4 ± 3.7 | 0.130 b | 16.4 ± 1.2 | 16.5 ± 1.2 | 0.540 b | 21.9 ± 2.8 | 22.7 ± 2.9 | 0.315 b |
data are expressed as absolute and relative frequencies or means ± standard deviation. BMI: Body mass index; p: p-value. a Chi-squared test; b Student’s t-test.