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Table 1 Demographic and baseline characteristics of the 1184 BALANCE and control participants with complete baseline assessments

From: A group randomized controlled trial integrating obesity prevention and control for postpartum adolescents in a home visiting program

 

Intervention

Control

p-value

N = 694

N = 490

Age (years), mean (SD)

17.7 (1.3)

17.9 (1.3)

0.005

Race/Ethnicity, (%)

  

0.96

 Non-Hispanic White

50.4

51.6

 Non-Hispanic Black

27.8

27.3

 White or Black Hispanic

19.4

18.4

 Other

2.4

2.7

Participation in WIC, (%)

89.4

89.6

0.94

Breastfeeding, (%)

13.3

9.7

0.06

BMI category, %

  

0.19

 Normal

58.7

53.5

 Overweight

23.2

25.3

 Obese

18.2

21.2

Postpartum < 12 weeks, (%)

42.4

45.1

0.35

Total walking (minutes) per week, mean (SD)

114 (155)

128 (177)

0.18

Total water intake (grams) per day, mean (SD)

918.5 (969.6)

912.9 (938.4)

0.94

Total fruit and vegetable intake (kilocalories) per day, mean (SD)

62.3 (170)

57.1 (103.3)

0.57

Total snack intake (kilocalories) per day, mean (SD)

1,647.9 (1,077)

1,651.1 (1,041.6)

0.96

Total sweetened beverage intake (kilocalories) per day, mean (SD)

423.7 (439.4)

426.6 (394.1)

0.91