Table 1.
Baseline sociodemographic characteristics of TARGet Kids! Study participants for total study sample and by sex
| Variable | Overall (N=5962) |
Males (n=3117) |
Females (n=2845) |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Age (in months) | 41.35 (37.13) | 41.43 (36.89) | 41.26 (37.41) |
| Number of family members supported by family income | 3.64 (1.08) | 3.66 (1.07) | 3.62 (1.08) |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Child sex | |||
| Male | 3117 (52.28%) | ||
| Female | 2845 (47.72%) | ||
| Maternal ethnicity | |||
| European | 3360 (62.36%) | 1755 (62.21%) | 1605 (62.52%) |
| East/South/Southeast Asian | 1116 (20.71%) | 599 (21.23%) | 517 (20.14%) |
| Other | 912 (16.93%) | 467 (16.55%) | 445 (17.34%) |
| Maternal education | |||
| <University | 1301 (22.07%) | 660 (21.44%) | 641 (22.76%) |
| ≥University | 4593 (77.93%) | 2418 (78.56%) | 2175 (77.24%) |
| Child BMI categories | |||
| Underweight (zBMI<−2) | 255 (4.28%) | 135 (4.33%) | 120 (4.22%) |
| Normal weight (−2≤zBMI≤1) | 4785 (80.26%) | 2457 (78.83%) | 2328 (81.83%) |
| Overweight (1<zBMI≤2) | 705 (11.82%) | 391 (12.54%) | 314 (11.04%) |
| Obesity (zBMI>2) | 217 (3.64%) | 134 (4.30%) | 83 (2.92%) |
| Family income categories ($C) | |||
| Q1 (<$70 244) | 1192 (20.0%) | 592 (19.0%) | 600 (21.1%) |
| Q2 ($70 244–1 16 236) | 1193 (20.0%) | 654 (21.0%) | 539 (19.0%) |
| Q3 ($1 16 237–1 63 081) | 1192 (20.0%) | 622 (20.0%) | 570 (20.0%) |
| Q4 ($1 63 082–2 21 438) | 1192 (20.0%) | 634 (20.3%) | 558 (19.6%) |
| Q5 (>$221 438) | 1193 (20.0%) | 615 (19.7%) | 578 (20.3%) |
| Median neighbourhood income categories ($C) | |||
| Q1 (<$62 336) | 1186 (19.9%) | 622 (20.0%) | 564 (19.8%) |
| Q2 ($62 336–80 383) | 1190 (20.0%) | 600 (19.3%) | 590 (20.7%) |
| Q3 ($80 384–96 109) | 1200 (20.0%) | 632 (20.3%) | 568 (20.0%) |
| Q4 ($96 110–1 16 607) | 1186 (19.9%) | 637 (20.4%) | 549 (19.3%) |
| Q5 (>$116 607) | 1200 (20.1%) | 626 (20.1%) | 574 (20.2%) |
| Material deprivation (ON-Marg quintiles) | |||
| Q1 (most deprived) | 845 (13.8%) | 429 (13.8%) | 416 (14.6%) |
| Q2 | 893 (15.0 %) | 466 (15.0%) | 427 (15.0%) |
| Q3 | 1167 (19.2%) | 598 (19.2%) | 569 (20.0%) |
| Q4 | 1365 (23.6%) | 736 (23.6%) | 629 (22.1%) |
| Q5 (least deprived) | 1691 (28.5%) | 888 (28.5%) | 803 (28.2%) |
BMI, body mass index; $C, Canadian dollars; ON-Marg, Ontario Marginalization Index; zBMI, BMI z-scores.