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Table 6 Baseline characteristics of pupils at intervention-and control schools: key proximal outcomes

From: The Boost study: design of a school- and community-based randomised trial to promote fruit and vegetable consumption among teenagers

 

Intervention sample (N = 1,121)

Control sample (N = 1,035)

 
 

Percentage (N) of pupils reporting the given characteristic

N Missing

Percentage (N) of pupils reporting the given characteristic

N Missing

P-value from chi-square test

School availability of FV

     

Having daily access to F in schools

50% (558)

6

46.6% (480)

4

p = 0.106

Having daily access to V in schools

26.9% (300)

6

27.4% (282)

4

p = 0.816

Home availability of FV

     

Having daily access to F at home

46.8% (522)

6

43.4% (448)

2

p = 0.109

Having daily access to V at home

53.8% (600)

6

55.8% (576)

2

p = 0.365

Availability of FV at leisure time activities

     

Always having access to F in at least one sports- or youth club*

25.6% (232)

8

30.0% (245)

9

p = 0.047

Always having access to V in at least one sports- or youth club*

13.0% (118)

8

12.0% (98)

9

p = 0.503

  1. Abbreviations: F = fruit, FV = fruit and vegetables, V = vegetables. *415 pupils who did not attend sports-or youth clubs were excluded from the analyses (Intervention sample: N = 207, control sample: N = 208)