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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of participants in the BW Study 2010

From: Effects of statewide health promotion in primary schools on children’s sick days, visits to a physician and parental absence from work: a cluster-randomized trial

 

Missing Values

Intervention (n = 1072)

Control (n = 871)

Total (n = 1943)

Boys, n (%)

 

536 (50.0)

459 (52.7)

995 (51.2)

Age, years [m (sd)]

 

7.09 (0.64)

7.06 (0.64)

7.08 (0.64)

Grade 1, n (%)

 

550 (51.3)

474 (54.4)

1024 (52.7)

Migration background, n (%)

297

318 (35.1)1

207 (28.0)

525 (31.9)

Anthropometry

 BMIPERC, [m (sd)]

50

49.13 (28.07)

48.75 (27.67)

48.96 (27.88)

 Waist circumference, cm [m (sd)]

54

55.72 (5.87)

55.41 (5.89)

55.58 (5.88)

 WHtR,[m (sd)]

55

0.45 (0.04)

0.45 (0.04)

0.45 (0.04)

 Overweight/obesity, n (%)

50

107 (10.3)

83 (9.7)

190 (10.0)

 Abdominal obesity, n (%)

55

90 (8.7)

68 (8.0)

158 (8.4)

Parental characteristics

 Single parent, n (%)

265

101 (10.9)

76 (10.1)

177 (10.5)

 Tertiary family educational level, n (%)

323

293 (32.7)

229 (31.6)

522 (32.2)

 Household income < 1750 €, n (%)

452

113 (14.0)

94 (13.8)

207 (13.9)

 Overweight/obesity (mother), n (%)

363

279 (32.1)

217 (30.5)

496 (31.4)

 Overweight/obesity (father), n (%)

468

512 (62.3)

386 (59.1)

898 (60.9)

 Abdominal obesity (mother), n (%)

916

275 (49.0)

206 (44.2)

481 (46.8)

 Abdominal obesity (father), n (%)

1011

386 (75.2)

306 (73.0)

692 (74.2)

 Smoking (mother), n (%)

287

172 (20.7)

175 (21.2)

347 (21.0)

 Smoking (father), n (%)

356

234 (29.4)

238 (30.1)

472 (29.7)

 Days off work (mother), median [m (sd)]

309a

2 [3.09 (4.62)]2

0 [2.36 (4.23)]

1 [2.77 (4.47)]

 Employed (mother), n (%)

302

657 (72.3)

519 (70.9)

1176 (71.7)

 Working hours/week (mother), [m (sd)]

21a

20.83 (10.68)

21.18 (11.79)

20.99 (11.18)

 Days off work (father), median [m (sd)]

839a

0 [0.78 (2.31)]2

0 [0.33 (1.19)]

0 [0.56 (1.87)]

 Employed (father), n (%)

354

833 (95.6)

694 (96.7)

1527 (96.1)

 Working hours/week (father), [m (sd)]

86a

43.60 (10.65)

43.99 (10.35)

43.78 (10.51)

Health and lifestyle characteristics

 Sick days, median [m (sd)]

390

5 [7.50 (7.70)]

5 [6.73 (5.97)]

5 [7.15 (6.97)]

 Visits to a physician, median [m (sd)]

404

2 [2.99 (2.76)]

2 [2.95 (3.23)]

2 [2.97 (2.98)]

 Playing outside > 60 min/day, n (%)

296

607 (66.6)3

523 (71.2)

1130 (68.6)

 Physical active ≥ 4 days/week ≥ 60 min/day, n (%)

320

238 (26.6)

199 (27.3)

437 (26.9)

 6 min run test, meter [m (sd)]

63

839.67 (122.88)4

855.28 (120.10)

846.69 (121.85)

 Screen media > 1 h/day, n (%)

250

144 (15.4)

100 (13.2)

244 (14.4)

 Sugar sweetened beverages > 1 time/week, n (%)

241

236 (25.1)

180 (23.6)

416 (24.4)

Skipping breakfast, n (%)

236

97 (12.7)

126 (13.4)

223 (13.1)

  1. m mean, sd standard deviation, WHtR Waist-to-height ratio, a with regard to those who stated an employment
  2. 1p = 0.002, 2p < 0.001, 3p = 0.048, 4p = 0.006