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Table 1 Children’s characteristics at baseline

From: Evaluation of a comprehensive intervention with a behavioural modification strategy for childhood obesity prevention: a nonrandomized cluster controlled trial

 

Comprehensive group (n = 90)

PA only group (n = 116)

Diet only group (n = 96)

Control group (n = 136)

P value

Gender, n (%)

 Boys

35 (38.9)

38 (32.8)

41 (42.7)

44 (32.4)

0.319

 Girls

55 (61.1)

78 (67.2)

55 (57.3)

92 (67.6)

Age (year) mean [SD]

9.41 [1.03]

9.21 [1.28]

9.27 [1.34]

9.16 [1.12]

0.469

BMI (kg/m2) mean [SD]

24.48 [3.04]

22.30 [2.83]

22.07 [2.92]

22.25 [2.78]

<0.001

Body weight status, n (%)

 Overweight

18 (20.0)

51 (44.0)

55 (57.3)

61 (44.9 %)

<0.001

 Obesity

72 (80.0)

65 (56.0)

41 (42.7)

75 (55.1 %)