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Table 1 Pretest Characteristics of After-School Participants at Control or HOP'N Afterschool Programs

From: HOP'N after-school project: an obesity prevention randomized controlled trial

 

Fall Pretest

Participants Completing Spring Posttest

 

Control

HOP'N

Control

HOP'N

Participants, n

    

   Baseline Yr

43

29

39

27

   Intervention Yr 1

32

57

28

50

   Intervention Yr 2

50

62

45

57

   Total

125

148

112

134

Gender, % (n)

    

   Male

54 (68)

47 (70)

53 (59)

47 (63)

   Female

46 (57)

53 (78)

47 (53)

53 (71)

S.E.S., % (n)

    

   Not Eligible

42 (51)

56 (80)

43 (48)

54 (70)

   Free/Reduced

58 (70)

44 (63)

57 (63)

46 (59)

Ethnicity/Race, % (n)

    

   American Indian/Alaska Native

10 (13)

7 (11)

10 (11)

8 (10)

   Asian

1 (1)

1 (1)

1 (1)

1 (1)

   Black/African American

28 (35)

11 (16)

28 (31)

11 (14)

   Hispanic/Latino

5 (6)

8 (12)

5 (6)

9 (12)

   Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

1 (1)

1 (1)

1 (1)

1 (1)

   White

53 (66)

71 (104)

54 (61)

71 (94)

   Other

2 (2)

1 (2)

1 (1)

1 (1)

Age, Years (SD)

9.19 (0.66)

9.34 (0.65)

9.21 (0.66)

9.37 (0.63)

BMI Fall, kg/m2 (SD)

18.85 (4.04)

18.87 (4.03)

19.00 (4.14)

18.98 (4.18)

BMI-Z Fall (SD)

0.62 (1.05)

0.65 (0.91)

0.64 (1.08)

0.66 (0.94)

Weight Status, % (n)

    

   Normal

65 (81)

66 (97)

63 (70)

64 (86)

   Overweight

15 (19)

19 (28)

16 (18)

19 (25)

   Obese

20 (25)

16 (23)

21 (24)

17 (23)

   Overweight/Obese

35 (44)

34 (51)

38 (42)

33 (48)

  1. Note. BMI = Body Mass Index in Kg/m2. BMIz is age and gender standardized.