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Table 1 Baseline characteristics for intervention and control group in the HEIA study

From: Post-intervention effects on screen behaviours and mediating effect of parental regulation: the HEalth In Adolescents study – a multi-component school-based randomized controlled trial

 

Control

Intervention

p

 

(n=908)a

(n=510)a

 

Age (mean; SD)

11.2 (0.27)

11.2 (0.26)

.38

Gender

   

Girls (n; %)

434 (47.8%)

253 (49.6%)

.55

Weight status

   

Overweight/obese (n; %)b

130 (14.5%)

55 (11.4%)

.12

Parental education

   

Low (≤12 years) (n; %)

275 (31.1%)

129 (26.2%)

.15

13-16 years (n; %)

317 (35.8%)

186 (37.7%)

 

>16 years (n; %)

293 (33.1%)

178 (36.1%)

 
  1. SD: standard deviation.
  2. an varies somewhat for weight status and parental education level.
  3. bOverweight/obese is presented and treated as one group in the analyses due to the low proportion of obese (C=1.6%; I=1.2%).
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