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Table 4 Socio-demographic variables by treatment condition at baseline

From: Impact of school-based vegetable garden and physical activity coordinated health interventions on weight status and weight-related behaviors of ethnically diverse, low-income students: Study design and baseline data of the Texas, Grow! Eat! Go! (TGEG) cluster-randomized controlled trial

 

Comparison (%)

WAT (%)

LGEG (%)

WAT + LGEG (%)

Total (%)

P-value

Household Demographics (n = 1206)

 

 Language at home

  English

158(69.6)

238(77.5)

169(64.7)

255(75.8)

820(72.5)

 

  Spanish

68(29.9)

66(21.5)

91(34.8)

70(20.8)

295(26.0)

 

  Other

1(0.4)

3(0.9)

1(0.3)

11(3.2)

16(1.4)

 

  Total

227

307

261

336

1131

<0.001

 Free/Reduced lunch

 

  No

41(17.9)

81(26.3)

56(21.4)

73(21.6)

251(22.1)

 

  Yes

188(82.1)

226(73.6)

205(78.5)

264(78.3)

883(77.8)

 

  Total

229

307

261

337

1134

0.13

 Food insecurity

 

  Almost never/ never

133(57.3)

190(61.4)

147(55.6)

177(52.3)

647(56.6)

 

  Sometime

66(28.4)

73(23.6)

87(32.9)

116(34.3)

342(29.9)

 

  Almost always

33(14.2)

46(14.8)

30(11.3)

45(13.3)

154(13.4)

 

  Total

232

307

264

338

1143

0.08

Parent Demographics (n = 1206)

 Gender

  Male

18(7.7)

41(13.4)

27(10.3)

49(14.5)

135(11.8)

 

  Female

213(92.2)

265(86.6)

234(89.6)

289(85.5)

1001(88.1)

 

  Total

231

306

261

338

1136

0.07

 Age

 

  Less than 25

3(1.4)

8(2.8)

3(1.2)

4(1.3)

18(1.7)

 

  25 to 29

42(19.9)

58(20.4)

51(21.2)

57(18.5)

208(19.9)

 

  30 to 34

71(33.6)

85(29.9)

85(35.4)

105(34.2)

346(33.2)

 

  35 to 39

44(20.8)

65(22.8)

45(18.7)

65(21.1)

219(21.0)

 

  40 to 44

30(14.2)

39(13.7)

33(13.7)

41(13.3)

143(13.7)

 

  45 to 49

12(5.6)

16(5.6)

13(5.4)

18(5.8)

59(5.6)

 

  50+

9(4.2)

13(4.5)

10(4.1)

17(5.5)

49(4.7)

 

  Total

211

284

240

307

1042

0.99

 Ethnicity

  White

50(21.8)

52(18.8)

74(27.9)

86(25.3)

262(23.6)

 

  Black

50(21.8)

75(27.1)

22(8.3)

50(14.7)

197(17.7)

 

  Hispanic

123(53.7)

128(46.3)

154(58.1)

178(52.5)

583(52.5)

 

  Other

6(2.6)

21(7.6)

15(5.6)

25(7.3)

67(6.0)

 

  Total

229

276

265

339

1,109

<0.001

Student Demographics (n = 1326)

 Gender

  Boy

129(45.2)

173(51.4)

173(49.8)

177(49.5)

652(49.2)

 

  Girl

156(54.7)

163(48.5)

174(50.1)

180(50.4)

673(50.7)

 

  Total

285

336

347

357

1325

0.47

 Age

  7- 8 years old

202(72.4)

243(72.5)

256(75.5)

222(62.7)

923(70.6)

 

  9 – 11 years old

77(27.6)

92(27.3)

83(24.4)

132(37.2)

384(29.3)

 

  Total

279

335

339

354

1307

0.02

  1. Abbreviations: LGEG Learn, Grow, Eat & Go!, WAT Walk Across Texas