Table 1 Characteristics of participants who were included in the overall analysis compared with those who were excluded
Included | Excluded | Difference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | Mean | 95% CI | p | |
Fathers | |||||||||
Age (years) | 423 | 40.1 | 5.4 | 32 | 40.6 | 5.7 | 0.40 | −1.6 to 2.4 | 0.685 |
BMI score | 423 | 26.1 | 3.8 | 31 | 26.1 | 4.3 | 0.02 | −1.4 to 1.4 | 0.974 |
IMD score* | 423 | 12.1 | 9.5 | 33 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 2.4 | −1.1 to 5.6 | 0.170 |
Mothers | |||||||||
Age (years) | 651 | 37.5 | 5.4 | 63 | 39.1 | 6.4 | 1.5 | 0.12 to 2.9 | 0.033 |
BMI | 651 | 25.0 | 4.5 | 66 | 25.8 | 4.1 | 0.84 | −0.30 to 2.0 | 0.150 |
IMD score* | 651 | 13.6 | 11.1 | 73 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 2.9 | 0.18 to 5.7 | 0.037 |
Children | |||||||||
Age (years) | 822 | 6.0 | 0.42 | 408 | 6.0 | 0.35 | 0.01 | −0.03 to 0.06 | 0.539 |
BMI-z score† | 815 | 0.20 | 0.92 | 399 | 0.35 | 0.98 | 0.14 | 0.03 to 0.26 | 0.014 |
IMD score | 822 | 13.3 | 10.8 | 349 | 19.1 | 15.9 | 5.8 | 4.2 to 7.4 | <0.001 |
Boys | |||||||||
Age (years) | 436 | 6.0 | 0.41 | 197 | 6.0 | 0.39 | 0.00 | −0.07 to 0.07 | 0.943 |
BMI-z score† | 433 | 0.26 | 0.97 | 189 | 0.25 | 0.89 | −0.01 | −0.17 to 0.15 | 0.902 |
IMD score | 436 | 13.7 | 11.4 | 178 | 18.5 | 15.2 | 4.8 | 2.6 to 7.0 | <0.001 |
Girls | |||||||||
Age (years) | 386 | 6.0 | 0.43 | 211 | 6.0 | 0.32 | 0.03 | −0.04 to 0.09 | 0.405 |
BMI-z score† | 382 | 0.14 | 0.86 | 210 | 0.43 | 1.0 | 0.29 | 0.14 to 0.45 | <0.001 |
IMD score | 386 | 12.8 | 10.1 | 171 | 19.7 | 16.7 | 6.9 | 4.7 to 9.2 | <0.001 |