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Table 5 Intervention effects on clinical and dietary outcomes using available case analyses

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

Outcomesa

 

Intervention

(m = 8 schools)

Control

(m = 8 schools)

Intervention Effect

P-value

 

Pre

Change

 

Pre

Change

Total n

n

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

n

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Height (cm)

2849

1274

138.20(0.64)

4.11(0.11)

1575

137.46(0.59)

3.71(0.11)

0.07

Weight (kg)

2845

1272

38.85(0.91)

3.03(0.22)

1573

38.61(0.84)

2.84(0.17)

0.32

BMI (kg/m2)

2844

1272

20.03(0.35)

−0.33(0.09)

1572

20.08(0.31)

−0.36(0.07)

0.84

BMI z-score

2844

1272

0.77(0.09)

0.05(0.03)

1572

0.81(0.08)

0.03(0.02)

0.42

BMI Percentile

2844

1272

70.01(2.18)

1.13(0.68)

1572

71.04(1.99)

0.58(0.63)

0.42

Waist Circumference (cm)

2840

1271

71.28(0.95)

1.13(0.31)

1569

70.65(0.86)

1.54(0.26)

0.30

Body Fat (%)

2843

1271

25.86(0.68)

−0.35(0.22)

1572

26.09(0.61)

−0.49(0.19)

0.47

Systolic BP (Hg/mm)

2840

1274

104.12(0.91)

−0.30(0.91)

1566

102.54(0.81)

0.13(0.88)

0.76

Diastolic BP (Hg/mm)

2840

1274

68.66(0.78)

−1.25(0.87)

1566

66.10(0.65)

0.26(0.79)

0.25

Vegetable intake (freq/d)

2800

1249

2.76(0.22)

0.47(0.25)

1551

2.95(0.21)

0.01(0.23)

0.01

Fruit intake (freq/d)

2828

1261

1.28(0.08)

0.15(0.10)

1567

1.22(0.07)

0.11(0.09)

0.55

SSB (freq/d)

2833

1266

0.57(0.06)

0.02(0.08)

1567

0.61(0.06)

0.09(0.08)

0.26

  1. BMI body mass index; BP blood pressure; freq/d frequency per day; SSB sugar sweetened beverages
  2. aWeighted 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