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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: Design programmes to maximise participant engagement: a predictive study of programme and participant characteristics associated with engagement in paediatric weight management

Characteristic

Mean or n

SD or %

Gender [n, %]

  

    Male

1340

45.45 %

    Female

1608

54.55 %

Age (Years) [mean, SD]

10.44

2.80

Ethnicity [n, %]

  

    White/White British

2079

70.52 %

    Non-white/Non-white British

869

29.48 %

IMD Score [mean, SD]

30.26

15.90

IMD Decile [n, %]a

  

    1 – Least deprived

64

2.17 %

    2

101

3.43 %

    3

129.8

4.40 %

    4

201.3

6.83 %

    5

190

6.45 %

    6

293.2

9.95 %

    7

406.6

13.79 %

    8

464.3

15.75 %

    9

573.1

19.44 %

    10 – Most deprived

524.7

17.80 %

Medical condition [n, %]

  

    No

2727

92.50 %

    Yes

221

7.50 %

BMI (kg/m2) [mean, SD]

25.99

5.79

BMI SDS (units) [mean, SD]

2.48

0.89

Waist circumference (cm) [mean, SD]

83.40

15.01

WC SDS (units) [mean, SD]

2.94

0.97

Obese or Non-obese [n, %]

  

    Obese

2161

73.30 %

    Non-obese

787

26.70 %

  1. aDecimal numbers reflect pooled estimate