Table 2.
Baseline Anthropometric and Sociodemographic Characteristics of the BHCK Youth-leader Intervention and Comparison Samples (n=41)
| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Total n=41 | |||
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| Intervention n=16 | Comparison n=9 | Intervention n=9 | Comparison n=7 | ||
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| Gender, n (%)§ | |||||
| Female | 12(75%) | 6(60%) | 7(78%) | 5(71%) | 30(71%) |
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| Age (M±SD)1‡ | 19.7±1.4a* | 17.5±1.9b | 17.5±2.1 | 17.3±2.7 | 18.3±2.1 |
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| Race, n (%)¶ | |||||
| Black, African American | 14(88%) | 9(90%) | 9 (100%) | 7 (100%) | 39(92%) |
| Pacific Islander | 1(6%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 1(3%) |
| Other or Mixed Race | 1(6%) | 1(10%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 2(5%) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||||
| Hispanic / Latino | 1(6%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | 1(2%) |
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| BMI Category, n (%)2¶ | |||||
| Normal weight | 8(50%) | 6(60%) | 6 (67%) | 5(72%) | 25(60%) |
| Overweight | 6(38%) | 4(40%) | 2 (22%) | 1(14%) | 13(31%) |
| Obese | 2(12%) | 0(0%) | 1(11%) | 1(14%) | 4(9%) |
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| Education Level, n (%)3¶ | |||||
| High school student | 2(12%) | 5(50%) | 8(89%) | 6(85%) | 21(50%) |
| Completed high school degree | 4(25%) | 2(20%) | 0(0%) | 6(14%) | |
| College Student | 10(63%) | 3(30%) | 1(11%) | 1(15%) | 15(36%) |
1
Age at baseline, M±SD = Mean±Standard deviation
2
Weight status at intervention start. Classified by BMI-for-Age percentiles from CDC growth charts for youth <20 years old, and on standard cut offs for youth >20 years old
3
Education level represents student status at baseline
a* ,b
Statistical significant difference between groups (P<.05)
§
Pearson Chi-square to compare the groups (2-sided)
‡
2-tailed t-test
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Fisher’s Exact Test to compare the groups (2-sided)