Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of all participants with answered baseline questionnaire, those lost to follow-up and complete cases
| Baseline variable | Total (all participants answered baseline) |
All participants answered baseline (N = 246) |
Lost to follow-up (N = 102) (did not complete post-intervention questionnaire) |
Remaining participants/complete cases (N = 144) |
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| N = 246 | Control (n = 65) | Group 1(diet)(n = 78) | Group 2(diet + Sapere) (n = 103) | Control(n = 26) | Group 1(diet) (n = 36) | Group 2 (diet + Sapere) (n = 40) | Control (n = 39) | Group 1(diet) (n = 42) | Group 2 (diet + Sapere) (n = 63) | |
| Number of kindergartens | 48 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Mean age (months) (SD) | 16.7 (3.0) | 17.1 (3.2) | 16.5 (2.9) | 16.5 (2.9) | 17.7 (3.0) | 16.9 (3.0) | 16.6 (3.1) | 16.8 (3.4) | 16.3 (2.9) | 16.4 (3.0) |
| Gender female, N (%) | 117 (47.6) | 33 (50.8) | 39 (50.0) | 45 (43.7) | 14 (53.8) | 12 (44.4) | 13 (52.0) | 19 (48.7) | 24 (57.1) | 28 (44.4) |
| Ethnicity child born in Norway (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Parenta | ||||||||||
| Mean age (years) (SD) | 30.9 (5.4) | 30.9 (7.2) | 30.6 (5.1) | 31.1 (4.4) | 30.4 (7.8) | 31.6 (4.9) | 32 (5.5) | 31.1 (6.8) | 30.2 (5.5) | 31.4 (4.0) |
| Gender female, N (%) | 219 (88.7) | 60 (92.3) | 65 (82.3) | 94 (91.3) | 24 (92.3) | 21 (77.8) | 22 (88.0) | 36 (92.3) | 36 (85.7) | 57 (90.5) |
| Mean BMI (kg/m2) | 25.4 (4.4) | 26.0 (4.2) | 25.0 (4.5) | 25.4 (4.4) | 23.3 (4.6) | 25.0 (4.9) | 24.9 (5.0) | 26.3 (4.0) | 25.3 (5.1)1 | 25.6 (4.4) |
| Parents living together (%) | 94.3 | 93.8 | 92.4 | 96.1 | 25 (96.2) | 23 (85.2) | 23 (92.0) | 36 (92.3) | 40 (95.2) | 61 (96.8) |
| Ethnicity mother born in Norway, N (%) | 226 (91.5) | 58 (89.2) | 72 (91.1) | 96 (93.2) | 21 (80.0) | 25 (92.6) | 22 (88.0) | 37 (94.9) | 38 (90.5) | 60 (95.2) |
| Ethnicity father born in Norway, N (%) | 221 (89.5) | 59 (90.8) | 72 (91.1) | 90 (87.4) | 23 (88.5) | 25 (92.6) | 23 (92.0) | 36 (92.3) | 39 (92.9) | 55 (87.3) |
| Mothers’ education high,bN (%) | 158 (64.0) | 37 (56.9) | 53 (62.4) | 68 (61.3) | 9 (34.6) | 13 (48.1) | 14 (56.0) | 28 (71.8) | 30 (71.4) | 46 (73.0) |
| Fathers’ education high,bN (%) | 104 (42.1) | 27 (41.5) | 37 (46.8) | 40 (38.8) | 11 (42.3) | 10 (37.0) | 12 (48.0) | 16 (41.0) | 20 (47.6) | 20 (31.7) |
| Child vegetable intake (total) | ||||||||||
| Median times per week (IQR2) | 19.2 (12.6–26.0) | 18.7 (11.2–23.4) | 17.6 (12.4–26.8) | 20.5 (13.3–28.5) | 18.1 (7.7–22.7) | 18.3 (13.2–25.5) | 21.1 (17.4–30.8) | 19.6 (12.8–24.9) | 17.1 (11.4–27.4) | 18.1 (11.1–26.6) |
| ≥2.5 times per day (≥17.5 per week) – N (%) | 139 (56.5) | 36 (55.4) | 40 (51.3) | 63 (61.2) | 13 (50.0) | 19 (52.8) | 30 (75.0) | 23 (59.0) | 21 (50.0) | 33 (52.4) |
| Child intake of intervention vegetablesc | ||||||||||
| Median times per week (IQR2) | 0.1 (0.0–0.5) | 0.0 (0.0–0.3) | 0.1 (0.0–0.7) | 0.1 (0.0–0.5) | 0.0 (0.0–0.3) | 0.1 (0.0–0.3) | 0.1 (0.0–0.7) | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) | 0.3 (0.0–1.1) | 0.1 (0.0–0.5) |
| ≥1 weekly – N (%) | 42 (17.0%) | 7 (10.8%) | 18 (23.1%) | 17 (16.5%) | 3 (11.5%) | 6 (16.7%) | 7 (17.5%) | 4 (10.3%) | 12 (28.6%) | 10 (15.9%) |
| Child food neophobia score (range 6–42) | ||||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 14.3 (7.1) | 14.9 (6.5) | 13.7 (6.7) | 14.3 (7.9) | 16.5 (6.3) | 14.3 (6.6) | 15.7 (8.3) | 13.9 (6.5) | 13.1 (6.8) | 13.5 (7.5) |
| Median (IQR2) | 12 (8–18) | 14 (10–19) | 12 (8–17) | 12 (8–18) | 18 (12.5–20) | 12 (10–17) | 12 (9.25–23.5) | 12 (9–18) | 12 (7–17) | 11 (7–18) |
a
The parent who filled out the baseline questionnaire, 11 missing.
b
Education high = university or college, 2IQR = interquartile range (25th to 75th percentile).
c
Intake of spinach, fennel and celeriac in total.