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Table 3 Child weight status 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

  
 

Nh

Mean (SD)

Adj Meani

(95%CI)

N

Mean (SD)

Adj Mean

(95%CI)

p-value

Cohen’s dj

BMI (kg/m2)

 Baseline

58

16.5

 

58

16.5

 

0.72

0.02

 

(1.8)

  

(2.4)

   

 Post-intervention

49

16.5

(1.6)

16.4

(16.2, 16.6)

45

16.2

(1.3)

16.4

(16.2, 16.6)

  

BMI-for-age z-score

 Baseline

58

0.60 (0.98)

 

58

0.48 (1.20)

   

 Post-intervention

49

0.64 (0.90)

0.57

(0.45, 0.68)

45

0.49 (0.83)

0.60

(0.48, 0.73)

0.66

0.04

BMI-for-age percentile

 Baseline

58

66.2 (26.3)

 

58

61.9 (28.7)

   

 Post-intervention

49

67.9 (24.7)

66.2

(62.7, 69.8)

45

64.3 (25.1)

67.3

(63.6, 70.9)

0.69

0.04

  1. hReflects exclusion of 1 biologically implausible value (BMI z-score = 5.79 [51]) at baseline and missing values
  2. iAdjusted for baseline value, using ANCOVA
  3. jCalculated using adjusted means