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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics of children, parents and teachers after school randomization

From: The Program SI! intervention for enhancing a healthy lifestyle in preschoolers: first results from a cluster randomized trial

 

Control

Intervention

Schools

12

12

Children

920 (44.6)

1142 (55.4)

 Age, mean (SD)

3.8 (0.9)

3.7 (0.9)

 Class year, N (%)

  

   Age 3

371 (40.3)

455 (39.9)

   Age 4

286 (31.1)

354 (30.9)

   Age 5

263 (28.6)

333 (29.2)

 Gender, N girls (%)

440 (47.8)

581 (50.9)

 KAH-D score, mean (SD)

19.2 (4.6)

18.7 (4.9)

 KAH-PA score, mean (SD)

17.9 (4.7)

17.5 (4.7)

 KA-BH score, mean (SD)

13.8 (5.2)

13.1 (5.3)

 KAH overall score, mean (SD)

50.2 (10.5)

49.2 (10.8)

 Emotions score, mean (SD)

3.3 (2.0)

2.9 (2.2)

Parents

872 (44.76)

1076 (55.2)

 Age, mean (SD)

36.97 (5.78)

37.0 (5.8)

 Gender, N females (%)

662 (75.9)

857 (79.6)

 Salary, N (%)

  

   <22,500 €

490 (61.6)

640 (65.0)

   >22,500 €

344 (35.0)

344 (35.0)

  Education level, N (%)

  

   None/Elementary

56 (6.6)

100 (9.6)

   Secondary school

63 (7.4)

85 (8.2)

   High school

165 (19.4)

224 (21.6)

   Technical training

168 (19.7)

196 (18.9)

   University degree

399 (46.9)

434 (41.8)

 Birthplace, N (%)

  

   Madrid

486 (56.9)

578 (54.6)

   Rest of Spain

183 (21.4)

214 (20.3)

   South America

127 (14.9)

196 (18.5)

   Other countries

58 (6.8)

69 (6.6)

 KAH-D score, mean (SD)

20.8 (4.0)

21.2 (3.7)

 KAH-PA score, mean (SD)

20.1 (4.6)

20.5 (4.6)

 KAH-HB score, mean (SD)

17.2 (3.0)

17.5 (2.8)

 KAH overall score, mean (SD)

58.0 (9.3)

59.1 (8.8)

Teachers

75 (50.0)

75 (50.0)

 Age, mean (SD)

43.5 (9.0)

42.7 (9.1)

 Gender, N females (%)

74 (98.7)

71 (94.7)

 KAH-D score, mean (SD)

22.7 (3.4)

22.1 (3.0)

 KAH-PA score, mean (SD)

22.5 (3.6)

22.8 (3.9)

 KAH-HB score, mean (SD)

17.3 (2.7)

17.8 (2.4)

 KAH overall score, mean (SD)

62.5 (7.4)

62.7 (7.3)

School environment score

8.1 (1.6)

8.1 (2.5)

  1. KAH-D: Diet knowledge, attitudes, and habits. KAH-PA: Physical activity knowledge, attitudes, and habits. KAH-BH: Body and heart knowledge, attitudes, and habits. Continuous variables are expressed as mean (standard deviation). Categorical variables are presented as N = sample size (percentage).