A parent focused child obesity prevention intervention improves some mother obesity risk behaviors: the Melbourne inFANT Program

Table 4 Adjusted mothers’ dietary patterns scores, physical activity and sedentary behaviors at post-intervention

	Baseline				Follow-up
	Intervention		Control		Intervention		Control		Difference (intervention - control), adjusted for baseline (95% CI) ^a	P-value	Difference (intervention - control), adjusted for baseline and covariates (95% CI) ^b	P-value
	n	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)
"Fruits and vegetables" pattern scores	178	0.02 (1.68)	179	-0.02 (1.53)	178	-0.06 (1.54)	179	0.06 (1.68)	-0.17 (-0.40;0.07)	0.16	-0.16 (-0.39;0.07)	0.17
"High-energy snack and processed foods" pattern scores	178	0.02 (1.25)	179	-0.02 (1.25)	178	-0.10 (1.27)	179	0.10 (1.38)	-0.22 (-0.42;-0.02)	0.03	-0.21 (-0.41;-0.02)	0.03
"High-fat foods" pattern scores	178	0.03 (1.35)	179	-0.03 (1.38)	178	-0.11 (1.26)	179	0.11 (1.57)	-0.25 (-0.50;-0.01)	0.04	-0.25 (-0.50;-0.01)	0.05
"Cereals and sweet foods" pattern scores	178	0 (1.38)	179	0 (1.24)	178	-0.09 (0.89)	179	0.09 (1.12)	-0.17 (-0.36;0.02)	0.07	-0.15 (-0.33;0.04)	0.12
Total physical activity (min/week)^c	178	411.21 (338.62)	179	511.87 (404.47)	178	387.72 (346.28)	179	403.62 (363.79)	0.75 (-0.90;2.40)	0.37	0.84 (-0.78;2.47)	0.30
Sedentary behavior (min/day)^c	178	219.0 (158.2)	179	203.7 (119.7)	178	162.91 (129.24)	179	150.44 (125.92)	0.22 (-0.73;1.17)	0.64	0.28 (-0.65;1.22)	0.55

^aAdjusted for baseline value; ^bAdjusted for baseline value, maternal education level, maternal age, and maternal pre-pregnancy weight status defined in 2 categories (namely BMI<25 kg/m² and BMI≥25 kg/m²); ^cSquare-root transformation.

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