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Table 1 Baseline participant characteristics, sedentary time, and mediator variables by intervention group

From: Examination of mid-intervention mediating effects on objectively assessed sedentary time among children in the Transform-Us! cluster-randomized controlled trial

 

SB

PA

SB + PA

Control

Total

Variable

(n = 74)

(n = 75)

(n = 80)

(n = 64)

(N = 293)

Child age (years)

7.9 (1.4)

7.8 (1.4)

8.0 (1.4)

8.1 (0.4)

8.0 (1.3)

Child sex (%)

  Boys

36.5

47.4

51.2

40.6

44.2

  Girls

63.5

52.6

48.8

59.4

55.8

Parental education (%)

  Low

13.5

14.5

17.5

12.5

14.6

  Medium

37.8

38.1

45.0

53.1

43.2

  High

48.7

47.4

37.5

34.4

42.2

Country of birth (%)

  Australia

70.3

67.1

61.2

75.0

66.9

  Other

29.7

32.9

38.8

25.0

33.1

Classroom sedentary time (% of wear time)

  Baseline

58.9 (5.9)

60.4 (6.4)

62.1 (7.0)

60.8 (5.8)

60.6 (6.4)

  Mid-intervention

60.1 (6.6)

60.1 (6.2)

60.2 (6.8)

62.7 (4.8)

60.7 (6.3)

Weekday sedentary time (min/day)

  Baseline

62.9 (7.5)

64.4 (8.3)

63.4 (6.7)

64.6 (6.1)

63.8 (7.2)

  Mid-intervention

61.5 (7.8)

64.4 (6.9)

62.5 (6.6)

63.0 (6.0)

62.8 (6.9)

Child enjoyment of standing in classa

  Baseline

2.2 (1.4)

2.4 (1.3)

2.5 (1.3)

2.2 (1.4)

2.3 (1.3)

  Mid-intervention

3.3 (1.3)

2.9 (1.3)

2.9 (1.4)

2.4 (1.4)

2.9 (1.4)

Parent outcome expectancies of child standing in classa

  Baseline

3.0 (0.6)

2.9 (0.6)

3.0 (0.6)

2.8 (0.6)

2.9 (0.6)

  Mid-intervention

3.2 (0.6)

3.0 (0.6)

3.1 (0.6)

2.9 (0.6)

3.1 (06)

Teacher outcome expectancies of children standing in classa

  Baseline

2.2 (0.4)

2.4 (0.4)

2.5 (0.7)

2.5 (0.7)

2.4 (0.6)

  Mid-intervention

2.1 (0.5)

2.3 (0.7)

2.1 (0.6)

2.3 (0.5)

2.2 (0.6)

Child perceived access to standing opportunities in the classroom environmentb

  Baseline

1.6 (0.4)

1.6 (0.5)

1.6 (0.4)

1.6 (0.4)

1.6 (0.4)

  Mid-intervention

1.9 (0.4)

1.8 (0.5)

1.8 (0.4)

1.5 (0.3)

1.8 (0.4)

  1. PA = physical activity; SB = sedentary behavior.
  2. Data presented as mean (standard deviation) for continuous variables and % for categorical variables.
  3. There were no significant baseline group differences for any of the variables.
  4. aRange of values was 1–5; bRange of values was 1–3.