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Table 3 Effects of the Texas Sprouts intervention compared to Control on clinical and dietary outcomes

From: School-based gardening, cooking and nutrition intervention increased vegetable intake but did not reduce BMI: Texas sprouts - a cluster randomized controlled trial

Outcomes*

Intervention (n = 8 schools)

CCA n = 1212

MI n = 1412

Control (n = 8 schools)

CCA n = 1509

MI n = 1723

Intervention Effect

P-value

Pre

Change

Pre

Change

 

Mean (SE)*

Mean (SE)*

Mean (SE)*

Mean (SE)*

Height (cm)

 CCA

138.24(0.69)

4.12(0.11)

137.52(0.63)

3.71(0.11)

0.07

 MI

138.22(0.64)

4.12(0.11)

137.46(0.59)

3.71(0.10)

0.06

Weight (kg)

 CCA

38.89(0.99)

3.02(0.22)

38.57(0.89)

2.82(0.17)

0.32

 MI

38.87(0.91)

3.03(0.21)

38.61(0.84)

2.83(0.16)

0.28

BMI (kg/m2)

 CCA

20.03(0.05)

−0.33(0.09)

20.05(0.33)

−0.35(0.08)

0.84

 MI

20.03(0.35)

0.33(0.09)

20.08(0.31)

0.35(0.07)

0.87

BMI z-score

 CCA

0.78(0.09)

0.05(0.03)

0.81(0.08)

0.03(0.02)

0.36

 MI

0.77(0.09)

−0.04(0.03)

0.81(0.08)

−0.02(0.02)

0.51

BMI Percentile

 CCA

70.11(2.34)

1.20(0.70)

70.98(2.13)

0.60(0.65)

0.39

 MI

69.99(2.18)

−0.82(0.70)

71.05(1.99)

−0.39(0.64)

0.53

Waist Circumference (cm)

 CCA

71.34(1.02)

1.10(0.31)

70.62(0.90)

1.50(0.27)

0.31

 MI

71.29(0.95)

1.16(0.29)

70.67(0.86)

1.53(0.25)

0.34

Percentage Body Fat

 CCA

25.91(0.73)

−0.33(0.22)

26.09(0.64)

−0.51(0.19)

0.47

 MI

25.87(0.68)

−0.34(0.21)

26.10(0.60)

−0.49(0.18)

0.40

Systolic BP (Hg/mm)

 CCA

104.07(0.97)

−0.31(0.93)

102.74(0.86)

0.02(0.89)

0.81

 MI

104.10(0.91)

−0.39(0.90)

102.54(0.80)

0.20(0.85)

0.64

Diastolic BP (Hg/mm)

 CCA

68.53(0.81)

−1.20(0.88)

66.21(0.70)

0.22(0.80)

0.28

 MI

68.64(0.77)

−1.33(0.84)

66.10(0.65)

0.32(0.76)

0.18

Vegetable intake (freq/d)

 CCA

2.74(0.23)

0.46(0.25)

2.94(0.22)

0.03(0.23)

0.02

 MI

2.01(0.12)

0.33(0.13)

2.11(0.11)

0.03(0.11)

0.002

Fruit intake (freq/d)

 CCA

1.27(0.08)

0.15(0.11)

1.22(0.08)

0.13(0.09)

0.77

 MI

1.28(0.08)

0.15(0.10)

1.23(0.07)

0.13(0.09)

0.80

SSB (freq/d)

 CCA

0.58(0.06)

0.01(0.08)

0.61(0.06)

0.09(0.08)

0.15

 MI

0.57(0.06)

0.05(0.08)

0.62(0.06)

0.11(0.07)

0.24

  1. CCA complete case analyses; MI multiple imputation; BMI body mass index; BP blood pressure; Freq/d frequency per day; SSB sugar sweetened beverages
  2. *Weighted mean and standard error (SE) of each variable. Weighted refers to the total number of children within each school. Generalized weighted linear mixed models (GLMM) assessed differences between intervention and control groups