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Table 2 Child dietary intakes at baseline and post-intervention by group, with adjustment for baseline levels

From: Title: efficacy of a food parenting intervention for mothers with low income to reduce preschooler’s solid fat and added sugar intakes: a randomized controlled trial

 

Control

FFF Intervention

  
 

n

Mean (SD)

Adj Meane

(95%CI)

n

Mean (SD)

Adj Mean

(95%CI)

p-value

Adj Cohen’s df

Primary Outcome

 SoFAS (kcal)

  Baseline

60

392.9 (159.0)

 

59

356.4 (139.3)

   

  Post-interventiong

54

408.8 (150.4)

401.9

(369.8, 433.9)

49

300.2 (100.4)

307.8

(274.1, 341.5)

< 0.001

−0.63

Secondary Outcomes SoFAS (kcal), occasions fed by mother

 Baseline 

60

317.1 (164.7)

 

59

288.9 (145.4)

   

  Post-intervention

54

331.6 (156.8)

324.6

(290.3, 358.9)

49

237.6 (121.6)

245.4

(209.3, 281.4)

< 0.001

−0.51

 SoFAS (% of daily energy)

  Baseline

60

28.6

(7.0)

 

59

28.7

(5.9)

   

  Post-intervention

54

30.0

(7.3)

29.9

(28.2, 31.6)

49

24.7

(5.5)

24.7

(22.9, 26.5)

< 0.001

−0.79

 Added sugar (kcal)

  Baseline

60

180.7

(87.3)

 

59

177.7 (95.3)

   

  Post-intervention

54

195.1 (97.7)

193.7

(171.5, 215.9)

49

141.9 (77.6)

143.5

(120.2, 166.8)

0.003

−0.55

 Solid fat (kcal)

  Baseline

60

212.2 (99.0)

 

59

178.7 (69.5)

   

  Post-intervention

54

213.7 (93.2)

209.1

(188.5229.7)

49

158.2 (59.4)

163.3

(141.6184.9)

0.003

−0.53

 Total daily energy (kcal)

  Baseline

60

1344.2 (339.7)

 

59

1223.3 (321.7)

   

  Post-intervention

54

1367.5 (382.6)

1334.8

(1254.6, 1415.0)

49

1207.6 (285.9)

1243.6

(1159.3, 1327.9)

0.13

−0.10

  1. eAdjusted for baseline value, using ANCOVA
  2. fCalculated using adjusted means
  3. gMissingness (n = 16) on the primary outcome did not differ by group (p = 0.27, Chi-square test)