Table 1.
Characteristics of child and primary parent/guardian in the analytic sample for each COPTR study
| Prevention studies |
Treatment studies |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NET-Works (N=534) | GROW (n=609) | GOALS (N=241) | IMPACT (N=360) | |||||
| n or mean | % or SD | n or mean | % or SD | n or mean | % or SD | n or mean | % or SD | |
| Child’s sex (n and %) | ||||||||
| Male | 262 | 49.1 | 294 | 48.3 | 107 | 44.4 | 152 | 42.2 |
| Female | 272 | 50.9 | 315 | 51.7 | 134 | 55.6 | 208 | 57.8 |
| Parent’s sex (n and %) | ||||||||
| Male | 44 | 8.3 | 10 | 1.6 | 12 | 5.0 | 20 | 5.6 |
| Female | 489 | 91.7 | 599 | 98.4 | 229 | 95.0 | 339 | 94.4 |
| Missing | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Child’s age, years (Mean and SD) | 3.4 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 9.5 | 1.4 | 11.6 | 0.6 |
| Child’s race/ethnicity (n and %) | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 67 | 12.5 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 3.9 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 98 | 18.4 | 36 | 5.9 | 4 | 1.7 | 276 | 76.7 |
| Hispanic | 312 | 58.4 | 554 | 91.0 | 236 | 97.9 | 59 | 16.4 |
| Multiracial/Other | 57 | 10.7 | 13 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 11 | 3.1 |
| Highest household education (n and %) | ||||||||
| <High school | 178 | 33.3 | 316 | 51.9 | 153 | 63.5 | 65 | 18.1 |
| High school or GED | 118 | 22.1 | 157 | 25.8 | 41 | 17.0 | 101 | 28.1 |
| ≥Some higher education | 238 | 44.6 | 136 | 22.3 | 47 | 19.5 | 194 | 53.9 |
| Parent employment (n and %) | ||||||||
| Not working for pay | 227 | 42.5 | 381 | 62.7 | 105 | 43.6 | 160 | 44.4 |
| Part time | 148 | 27.7 | 119 | 19.6 | 58 | 24.1 | 64 | 17.8 |
| Full time | 159 | 29.8 | 108 | 17.8 | 78 | 32.4 | 136 | 37.8 |
| Missing | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| SNAP participant (n and %) | ||||||||
| Yes | 229 | 43.0 | 458 | 75.5 | 98 | 40.8 | 254 | 70.6 |
| No | 304 | 57.0 | 149 | 24.5 | 142 | 59.2 | 106 | 29.4 |
| Missing | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Parent marital status (n and %) | ||||||||
| Married/Living as married | 367 | 68.7 | 503 | 82.9 | 207 | 85.9 | 119 | 33.2 |
| Single | 167 | 31.1 | 104 | 17.1 | 34 | 14.1 | 239 | 66.8 |
| Missing | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Child’s BMI, kg/m2 (Mean and SD) | 17.6 | 1.8 | 16.7 | 0.8 | 25.1 | 4.0 | 27.1 | 4.9 |
| Child’s BMI percentile* (Mean and SD) | 81.7 | 14.3 | 77.2 | 13.0 | 96.5 | 3.2 | 95.7 | 3.7 |
| Child’s %95th BMI percentile† (Mean and SD) | 96.5 | 9.8 | 92.0 | 4.3 | 114.0 | 17.9 | 111.7 | 20.2 |
| Parent weight status‡ (n and %) | ||||||||
| Under-/Normal weight | 128 | 24.2 | 121 | 19.9 | 31 | 12.9 | 34 | 9.9 |
| Overweight | 162 | 30.7 | 239 | 39.2 | 77 | 32.0 | 60 | 17.5 |
| Obesity | 238 | 45.1 | 249 | 40.9 | 133 | 55.2 | 249 | 72.6 |
| Missing | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - |
COPTR, Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research; NET-Works, Now Everyone Together for Healthy and Amazing Kids; GROW, Growing Right Onto Wellness; IMPACT, Ideas Moving Parents and Adolescents to Change Together; GED, General Equivalency Diploma; SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, BMI, body mass index
Child’s BMI percentile refers to age- and sex-specific BMI percentiles calculated using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention SAS macro
Child’s %95th BMI percentile refers to the percentage of the age- and sex-specific 95th BMI percentile calculated using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention SAS macro
Parent’s weight status classified as follows: underweight/normal weight (BMI<25 kg/m2), overweight (BMI 25-29 kg/m2), obesity (BMI≥30 kg/m2)