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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of parent participants from the Guelph Family Health Study pilot analytic sample and by intervention assignment

From: A randomized home-based childhood obesity prevention pilot intervention has favourable effects on parental body composition: preliminary evidence from the Guelph Family Health Study

 

Overall

Control

Intervention

(n = 60)

(n = 21)

2 HV (n = 23)

4 HV (n = 16)

Relation to child, n (%)

 Mother

27 (45.0)

10 (47.6)

12 (52.2)

5 (31.3)

 Father

33 (55.0)

11 (52.4)

11 (47.8)

11 (68.8)

Baseline age, mean (SD)

35.3

34.5 (2.8)

35.7 (3.2)

35.7 (4.4)

Total annual household incomea,b, n (%)

 Less than $60,000

12 (28.6)

4 (33.3)

4 (28.6)

4 (25.0)

 $60,000 to $99,999

13 (31.0)

3 (35.0)

5 (35.7)

5 (31.3)

 $100,000 or more

16 (38.1)

5 (41.7)

5 (35.7)

6 (37.5)

Body composition, mean (SD)

Body Mass, kg

85.1 (24.5)

80.3 (16.9)

83.9 (23.4)

95 (33.7)

 BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

 

88.58 (16.37)

98.94 (21.59)

109.53 (32.71)

 BMI < 25 kg/m2

 

66.87 (4.75)

67.39 (10.98)

66.51 (8.18)

BMI, kg/m2

28.4 (6.9)

27.7 (5.1)

27.8 (6.8)

30.6 (8.64)

 BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

 

30.65 (5.01)

32.58 (5.95)

34.17 (8.02)

 BMI < 25 kg/m2

 

22.91 (1.12)

22.52 (1.83)

22.07 (1.19)

WC, cm

97.5 (17.5)

94.3 (12.8)

96.1 (16.8)

104.7 (22.4)

 BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

 

99.77 (12.67)

108.48 (14.59)

113.02 (23.63)

 BMI < 25 kg/m2

 

85.36 (6.65)

83.77 (6.50)

87.42 (7.06)

%FM

30.8 (11.0)

29.5 (10.4)

31.3 (11.3)

32.5 (12.0)

 BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

 

21.79 (11.18)

38.56 (7.64)

35.81 (10.37)

 BMI < 25 kg/m2

 

25.64 (8.11)

23.40 (9.11)

22.54 (11.06)

  1. aCategories have been condensed to protect participant and family ID
  2. bFamily level variable