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Table 1 Children’s Baseline Characteristics

From: Design and methods of the Healthy Kids & Families study: a parent-focused community health worker-delivered childhood obesity prevention intervention

Total Number of Participants

N

247

Mean Age (SD)

247

7.8 (2.1)

Gender

247

 

 Male

 

127 (51.4%)

 Female

 

120 (48.6%)

Race/Ethnicity

246

 

 White Non-Hispanic

 

37 (15.0%)

 Black Non-Hispanic

 

41 (16.7%)

 Asian Non-Hispanic

 

6 (2.4%)

 More than one race/Other Non-Hispanic

 

11 (4.9%)

 Hispanic

 

150 (61.0%)

Grade at Baseline

247

 

 Kindergarten

 

39 (16.6%)

 Grade 1

 

43 (17.4%)

 Grade 2

 

33 (13.4%)

 Grade 3

 

44 (17.8%)

 Grade 4

 

35 (14.2%)

 Grade 5

 

26 (10.5%)

 Grade 6

 

25 (10.1%)

BMI Z-Score (SD)

241

1.0 (1.2)

BMI Percentile (SD)

241

74.0 (27.9)