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Table 4 Descriptive statistics and regression analyses predicting secondary health behavior outcomes of the child, parenting practices and home environment characteristics at follow-up
| n | Intervention condition | n | Control condition | Beta coefficient/Odds ratio (95% CI)1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health behaviors | |||||
| Walk to school (once or more a week) | 159 | 52.8% | 145 | 49.7% | 1.12 (0.63; 1.98) |
| Bicycle to school (once or more a week) | 158 | 65.8% | 148 | 64.2% | 1.15 (0.60; 2.21) |
| Average time spent performing sports (min/week, mean [sd]) | 128 | 113.83 [60.67] | 115 | 115.43 [64.21] | 1.68 (-14.34; 17.69) |
| Computer games (min/day, mean [sd]) | 144 | 29.61 [28.22] | 144 | 30.62 [36.76] | -2.98 (-11.99; 6.03) |
| Candy and snacks (pieces/day, mean [sd]) | 151 | 1.06 [0.45] | 140 | 1.09 [0.65] | -0.03 (-0.16; 0.11) |
| Vegetables (spoons/day, mean [sd]) | 157 | 1.61 [0.87] | 144 | 1.72 [0.99] | -0.13 (-0.36; 0.10) |
| Fruit (pieces/day, mean [sd]) | 154 | 1.39 [0.88] | 138 | 1.41 [0.91] | -0.01 (-0.29; 0.27) |
| Water or tea without sugar (≥2 per day) | 144 | 25.7% | 127 | 22.0% | 1.24 (0.63; 2.43) |
| Parenting practices | |||||
| Family breakfast (days/week, mean [sd]) | 158 | 5.46 [2.03] | 145 | 5.25 [2.11] | 0.52 (-0.15; 1.20) |
| Eating outside the home (days/week, mean [sd]) | 156 | 0.26 [0.18] | 142 | 0.29 [0.24] | -0.04 (-0.09; 0.01) |
| Rules (number of rules, mean[sd]) | |||||
| Healthy behavior (range 0–8) | 159 | 6.24 [1.84] | 147 | 5.83 [1.89] | 0.52 (0.05; 0.99)* |
| Unhealthy behavior (range 0–4) | 158 | 3.35 [0.99] | 143 | 2.96 [1.19] | 0.43 (0.11; 0.75)** |
| Parenting practices | |||||
| Monitoring (range 1–5, mean [sd]) | |||||
| Healthy behavior | 157 | 4.56 [0.41] | 142 | 4.53 [0.43] | 0.04 (-0.07; 0.14) |
| Unhealthy behavior | 156 | 4.23 [0.63] | 145 | 4.19 [0.63] | 0.06 (-0.11; 0.24) |
| Reinforcing/discouraging (range 1–5, mean [sd]) | |||||
| Healthy behavior | 153 | 2.89 [1.22] | 135 | 2.89 [1.17] | -0.07 (-0.42; 0.28) |
| Unhealthy behavior | 151 | 3.15 [0.87] | 140 | 2.98 [0.79] | 0.12 (-0.13; 0.37) |
| Parental TV viewing (min/day, mean [sd]) | 155 | 133.75 [87.27] | 146 | 125.53 [76.50] | 11.93 (-9.30; 33.17) |
| Home environment | |||||
| Healthy products available (range 1–5, mean [sd]) | 159 | 4.79 [0.35] | 145 | 4.82 [0.33] | -0.02 (-0.11; 0.06) |
| Unhealthy products available (range 1–5, mean [sd]) | 159 | 4.05 [0.80] | 148 | 4.17 [0.81] | -0.09 (-0.34; 0.16) |
