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Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of participants at time 1

From: Consumption patterns of sweet drinks in a population of Australian children and adolescents (2003–2008)

 

Age at time 1

 

BAEW

IYM

 
 

All

4 to < 6 years

6 to <8 years

8 to < 10 years

10 to <12 years

12 to <14 years

14 to <16 years

16 to <18 years

p‡

Distribution n (%)

1604

169

214

278

184

309

277

173

 
 

(100.0)

(10.3)

(14.0)

(18.3)

(12.1)

(20.0)

(17.9)

(11.2)

 

Gender (males) n (%)

766

87

97

144

87

152

132

67

0.16

 

(47.8)

(51.5)

(45.3)

(51.8)

(47.3)

(49.2)

(47.7)

(38.7)

 

BMI

19.6

16.7

16.8

18.2

19.2

21.0

21.6

22.7

<0.00001

 

(3.6)

(1.8)

(2.1)

(2.8)

(3.0)

(3.8)

(3.2)

(3.3)

 

BMI z-score mean (SD)*

0.6

0.9

0.6

0.9

0.7

0.6

0.4

0.4

<0.00001

 

(1.0)

(1.0)

(1.0)

(1.0)

(1.0)

(1.1)

(0.9)

(0.9)

 

SES (below state wide median) n (%)§

967

83

142

169

119

198

161

95

0.008

 

(61.4)

(49.4)

(67.0)

(61.2)

(64.7)

(65.6)

(60.1)

(57.6)

 

Overweight/ obese n (%)*

529

67

69

115

70

102

62

44

<0.0001

 

(33.3)

(39.6)

(32.4)

(41.4)

(38.0)

(33.6)

(22.8)

(25.7)

 
  1. ‡P-value for the difference between age groups.
  2. *Due to missing data on weight and/or height, n is different for following groups; total n = 1591, 6 to <8 years n = 213, 12 to <14 years n = 304, 14 to <16 years n = 272, 16 to < 18 years n = 171.
  3. § Due to missing data on SES, n is different for following groups; total n = 1575, 4 to <6 years n = 168, 6 to <8 years n = 212, 8 to <10 years n = 276 12 to <14 years n=302, 14 to < 16 years n = 268, 16 to <18 years n = 165.
  4. BAEW, Be Active Eat Well.
  5. IYM, It’s Your Move!
  6. BMI, body mass index.
  7. BMI z-score, body mass index z-scores.
  8. SES, socio-economic status.
  9. Overview of distribution of age groups and descriptive characteristics of participants at time 1.
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