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) |