TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Children at Baseline

	Motor Skills Intervention(n = 35)		Free Play Control(n = 37)		Total Sample(n = 72)
	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD	n
Children
Age, y	3.8 ± 0.8	—	4.1 ± 0.8	—	4.0 ± 0.8	—
Boys	—	15	—	16	—	31
Race
White	—	21	—	24	—	45
African American	—	8	—	11	—	19
Other	—	6	—	2	—	8
Ethnicity
Hispanic	—	2	—	1	—	3
Non-Hispanic	—	33	—	36	—	69
Maternal education
Less than high school	—	0	—	0	—	0
High school	—	5	—	9	—	14
Associate’s or bachelor’s	—	16	—	17	—	33
Graduate or professional	—	14	—	11	—	25
Household income, $
< 29 999	—	0	—	5	—	5
30 000 – 69 999	—	8	—	11	—	19
70 000 – 109 000	—	7	—	10	—	17
>110 000	—	18	—	9	—	27
Prefer not to answer	—	2	—	2	—	4
Height, cm	104.4 ± 5.4	—	107.0 ± 7.9	—	105.7 ± 6.9	—
Wt, kg	18.3 ± 3.3	—	18.9 ± 5.0	—	18.6 ± 4.2	—
BMI percentile	65.1 ± 26.7	—	57.3 ± 29.8	—	61.1 ± 28.4	—
BMI z-score	0.5 ± 1.2	—	0.3 ± 1.5	—	0.4 ± 1.3	—

There were no statistically significant differences between conditions.