Table 1 Baseline characteristics of intervention and control school participants.
From: Effect of a school-based intervention to promote healthy lifestyles in 7–11 year old children
Intervention | Control | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Total | |
N | 150 | 160 | 310 | 137 | 142 | 279 |
Age (years) | 8.76 (.90) | 8.76 (.88) | 8.76 (.88) | 8.89 (.88) | 8.83 (.86) | 8.86 (.87) |
Ethnicity (white British) | 96.3% | 93.5% | 94.8% | 96.5% | 96.6% | 96.5% |
Annual household income (£/year) | 31636 | 30059 | 30886 | 43284 | 36747 | 39831 |
IMD* Low | 64.2% | 66.1% | 65.2% | 4.4% | 14.7% | 9.6% |
Medium | 26.6% | 24.2% | 25.3% | 40.4% | 41.4% | 40.9% |
High | 9.2% | 9.7% | 9.4% | 55.3% | 44.0% | 49.6% |
BMI‡ | 17.58 (2.61) | 18.09 (3.10) | 17.84 (2.88) | 17.19 (2.42) | 17.46 (2.56) | 17.33 (2.49) |
BMI SDS§‡ | .63 (1.08) | .58 (1.13) | .60 (1.11) | .42 (1.10) | .35 (1.00) | .39 (1.05) |
Estimated % body fat‡ | 18.54 (6.36) | 26.67 (5.58) | 22.57 (7.23) | 17.58 (6.63) | 25.77 (5.60) | 21.72 (7.37) |
Waist circumference ‡ (cm) | 60.54 (6.88) | 60.10 (8.88) | 60.32 (7.94) | 60.82 (7.55) | 58.45 (6.74) | 59.63 (7.24) |
Steps per day‡ | 9789.34 (2929.11) | 9397.79 (2559.37) | 9579.42 (2735.64) | 10946.47 (2947.50) | 9452.42 (2654.66) | 10163.49 (2888.82) |
MVPAtotal‡ (minutes/day) | 138.85 (26.43) | 113.85 (21.47) | 124.72 (26.70) | 125.36 (26.12) | 116.56 (21.12) | 120.32 (23.67) |
MVPAbout‡ (minutes/day) | 52.25 (18.70) | 30.73 (12.38) | 40.09 (18.73) | 44.73 (18.41) | 30.38 (11.45) | 36.51 (16.37) |