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. 2021 Aug 25;66:1604025. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604025

TABLE 3.

Outcomes at baseline and 12 months. Cost-effectiveness of a school-and family-based childhood obesity prevention programme in China: the “CHIRPY DRAGON” cluster-randomised controlled trial, China, 2016–17.

Control group Intervention group Adjusted mean (95% CI)
Outcomes N Mean (SD) N Mean (SD) Differencea (Intervention vs control) p-value Differenceb (Intervention vs control) p-value
Baseline
 BMI z-score 796 −0.13 (1.30) 822 −0.13 (1.30)
 CHU-9D utility 793 0.936 (0.069) 812 0.938 (0.068)
 EQ-5D-3L utility 596 0.961 (0.085) 639 0.962 (0.081)
At 12 months
 BMI z-score 777 −0.23 (1.34) 804 −0.35 (1.22) −0.13 (−0.26 to 0.00) 0.048 −0.13 (−0.26 to -0.01) 0.041
 CHU-9D (QALYs for children) 781 0.932 (0.067) 806 0.937 (0.059) 0.004 (0.000–0.007) 0.034 0.004 (−0.000–0.008) 0.056
 EQ-5D-3L (QALYs for family members) 584 0.965 (0.061) 642 0.966 (0.066) 0.002 (−0.002–0.006) 0.329 0.002 (−0.002–0.007) 0.421

Notes: BMI, body mass index; CHU-9D, Child Health Utility 9D; CI, Confidence Interval; EQ-5D-3L, Euro-QoL instrument; QALYs, Quality-Adjusted Life Years; SD, Standard Deviation.

a

=baseline adjusted model: adjusted for school clustering and baseline outcome.

b

=further adjusted model: adjusted for baseline outcome, prespecified school-level (i.e., whether the school provides midmorning snack, whether the school has an indoor activity room) and child-level sociodemographic (i.e., age, sex, and mother education level) and behavioural [daily average servings of fruit and vegetables, weekly servings of unhealthy snacks and sugar-added drink, objectively measured time in MVPA (minutes/24 h) and objectively measured sedentary time (minutes/24 h)] covariates.

Base case analysis used the further adjusted model.