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Table 2 Baseline and follow-up percentages of health behaviors and regression coefficients of the intervention condition compared with the control condition

From: Promotion of a healthy lifestyle among 5-year-old overweight children: health behavior outcomes of the 'Be active, eat right’ study

 

n

Intervention condition

n

Control condition

Odds ratio (95% CI)1

Odds ratio (95% CI)2

Having daily breakfast

      

Baseline

346

89.9%

287

88.2%*

  

Follow-up

157

95.5%

148

94.6%*

1.04 (0.29; 3.75)

1.04 (0.28; 3.78)

Drinking ≤ 2 sweet beverages a day

      

Baseline

343

32.1%***

285

33.3%*

  

Follow-up

154

55.2%***

140

47.9%*

1.38 (0.84; 2.26)

1.38 (0.84; 2.27)

Outside play ≥ 1 hour a day

      

Baseline

315

93.3%***

264

94.3%**

  

Follow-up

153

77.1%***

140

77.1%**

1.11 (0.60; 2.06)

1.09 (0.53; 2.26)

Watching television ≤ 2 hours a day

      

Baseline

318

74.8%*

270

75.2%*

  

Follow-up

156

66.0%*

142

69.0%*

0.93 (0.54; 1.61)

0.93 (0.53; 1.61)

  1. 1Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) from regression model evaluating the difference between intervention and control condition on the outcome at follow-up, corrected for baseline distribution of the outcome, time between measurements and age of the child at baseline.
  2. 2Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) from multilevel regression model evaluating the difference between intervention and control condition on the outcome at follow-up, corrected for baseline distribution of the outcome, time between measurements and age of the child at baseline.
  3. Note: Bold printed numbers indicate statistically significant within-group change of behavior; within condition change of behavior from baseline to follow-up was evaluated using cluster-adjusted McNemar analysis, asterisks indicates significance level: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.