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Table 5 Baseline key outcome variables by treatment condition, compared to Comparison group

From: Impact of school-based vegetable garden and physical activity coordinated health interventions on weight status and weight-related behaviors of ethnically diverse, low-income students: Study design and baseline data of the Texas, Grow! Eat! Go! (TGEG) cluster-randomized controlled trial

Outcome

Comparison

Mean (SE)

WAT

Mean (SE) [p-value]*

LGEG

Mean (SE) [p-value]*

WAT+ LGEG

Mean (SE) [p-value]*

Student

 Percent overweight or obese

46.8 (3.1)

52.5 (2.7) [0.2]

49.2 (2.7) [0.6]

45.8 (2.7) [0.8]

 Percent obese

31.1 (2.9)

36.5 (2.8) [0.2]

26.0 (2.0) [0.2]

26.7 (2.4) [0.2]

 Vegetables preference

8.7 (0.2)

9.2 (0.2) [0.2]

9.1 (0.2) [0.2]

8.5 (0.2) [0.6]

 Vegetable exposure

11.7 (0.5)

12.4 (0.5) [0.3]

12.1 (0.5) [0.6]

12.2 (0.5) [0.5]

 Vegetable consumption

2.8 (0.2)

2.7 (0.2) [0.7]

2.6 (0.18) [0.5]

2.5 (0.17) [0.3]

 SSB consumption

2.2 (0.2)

2.3 (0.2) [0.7]

2.1 (0.2) [0.8]

2.5 (0.2) [0.3]

 MVPA

0.8 (0.0)

0.9 (0.0) [0.5]

0.9 (0.0) [0.1]

0.9 (0.0) [0.2]

 Sedentary Behavior (spent more than 2 h in Sed. Beh.)

54.7 %

55.1 %

59.6 %

54.5 %

Parent

 Home availability of vegetables

8.8 (0.2)

8.6 (0.2) [0.4]

8.5 (0.2) [0.3]

8.7 (0.2) [0.5]

 Home availability SSB

1.6 (0.1)

1.6 (0.1) [0.6]

1.7 (0.1) [0.3]

1.6 (0.1) [0.9]

 Parental emotional support for increasing PA

15.1 (0.4)

15.1 (0.3) [0.9]

14.9 (0.4) [0.8]

15.2 (0.3) [0.8]

 Parental support for decreasing sedentary behavior

6.3 (0.2)

6.4 (0.2) [0.9]

6.4 (0.2) [0.9]

6.4 (0.17) [0.9]

Student/parent Interaction (parent responses)

 Gardening together

2.0 (0.2)

2.0 (0.2) [0.9]

2.2 (0.2) [0.4]

2.2 (0.2) [0.6]

 Eating meals together

2.8 (0.1)

2.7 (0.1) [0.6]

2.7 (0.1) [0.4]

2.8 (0.1) [0.8]

 Engaging in PA together

3.9 (0.2)

3.9 (0.2) [0.8]

3.7 (0.2) [0.3]

3.9 (0.2) [0.7]

 Preparing food together

1.2 (0.1)

1.3 (0.05) [0.1]

1.2 (0.1) [0.9]

1.3 (0.1) [0.4]

  1. Abbreviations: LGEG Learn! Grow! Eat! Go!, WAT Walk Across Texas, PA physical activity, SS Bsugar-sweetened beverages
  2. *The p values were calculated for the comparison of the treatment group to the comparison group. No significant differences were found for any of the main outcome variables