Table 2 Baseline characteristics of study participants according to group a
Variable | All randomised participants (ITT) | Completers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention group | Control group | P | Intervention group | Control group | P | |
(n =57) | (n =49) | (n =43) | (n =40) | |||
Male, number (%) | 38 (66.7) | 37 (75.5) | 0.318 | 30 (70) | 29 (70) | 0.982 |
Obese, number (%) | 21 (36.8) | 23 (46.9) | 0.293 | 15 (35) | 17 (43) | 0.476 |
Age, year | 10.1(0.9) | 10.7(1.0) | 0.001 | 10.0 (0.9) | 10.6 (1.0) | 0.006 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 23.6 (2.3) | 25.3 (3.2) | 0.002 | 23.6 (2.6) | 24.9 (2.9) | 0.027 |
BMI z-score | 1.76 (0.32) | 1.88 (0.34) | 0.076 | 1.76 (0.35) | 1.84 (0.33) | 0.247 |
Body fat, % | 30.4 (5.4) | 32.1 (6.9) | 0.158 | 30.5 (5.4) | 32.2 (6.7) | 0.214 |
Waist to height ratio | 0.57 (0.04) | 0.59 (0.05) | 0.047 | 0.57 (0.04) | 0.59 (0.04) | 0.118 |