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Table 2 Baseline anthropometric measures (numbers and percentages unless otherwise specified) across recruited children and by stratification factors

From: Trial baseline characteristics of a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-located obesity prevention programme; the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) trial

 

All children

Cohort 1

Cohort 2

Girls

Boys

One year 5 classa

More than one year 5 classa

FSM cat 1

(<19%)

FSM Cat2

(≥19%)

Mean (sd) [range] of BMI (kg/m2)

(n = 1312)

17.6 (2.9)

[12.5–30.5]

(n = 655)

17.5 (2.9)

[12.8–30.5]

(n = 657)

17.6 (2.8)

[12.5–27.5]

(n = 672)

17.8 (3.0)

[12.5–29.0]

(n = 640)

17.3 (2.6)

[12.8–30.5]

(n = 554)

17.4 (2.8)

[12.8–28.2]

(n = 758)

17.7 (2.9)

[12.5–30.5]

(n = 816)

17.4 (2.7)

[12.5–28.5]

(n = 496)

17.9 (3.1)

[12.8–30.5]

Mean (sd) [range] of BMI sds

(n = 1312)

0.25 (1.16)

[−2.88–3.36]

(n = 655)

0.21 (1.16)

[−2.81–3.36]

(n = 657)

0.28 (1.15)

[−2.88–3.18]

(n = 672)

0.26 (1.16)

[−2.88–3.18]

(n = 640)

0.24 (1.16)

[−2.81–3.36]

(n = 554)

0.16 (1.14)

[−2.81–3.08]

(n = 758)

0.31 (1.17)

[−2.88–3.36]

(n = 816)

0.19 (1.12)

[−2.88–3.17]

(n = 496)

0.35 (1.20)

[−2.81–3.36]

Underweighta

1.6 (21)

1.8 (12)

1.4 (9)

1.6 (11)

1.6 (10)

2.0 (11)

1.3 (10)

1.7 (14)

1.4 (7)

Healthy weighta

73.3 (962)

73.7 (483)

72.9 (479)

73.1 (491)

73.6 (471)

75.8 (420)

71.5 (542)

75.1 (613)

70.4 (349)

Overweighta

11.4 (150)

11.5 (75)

11.4 (75)

11.5 (77)

11.4 (73)

9.9 (55)

12.5 (95)

11.2 (91)

11.9 (59)

Obesea

13.6 (179)

13.0 (85)

14.3 (94)

13.8 (93)

13.4 (86)

12.3 (68)

14.6 (111)

12.0 (98)

16.3 (81)

Overweight or Obesea

25.1 (329)

24.4 (160)

25.7 (169)

25.3 (170)

24.8 (159)

22.2 (123)

27.2 (206)

23.2 (189)

28.2 (140)

Mean (sd) [range] of waist circumference (cm)

(n = 1309)

61.3 (7.5)

[47.8–99.1]

(n = 655)

61.4 (7.8)

[49.3–99.1]

(n = 654)

61.2 (7.2)

[47.8–93.2]

(n = 672)

61.1 (7.5)

[47.8–91.6]

(n = 637)

61.5 (7.5)

[48.8–99.1]

(n = 552)

60.8 (7.1)

[47.8–89.6]

(n = 757)

61.7 (7.7)

[48.2–99.1]

(n = 816)

60.8 (6.8)

[48.1–99.1]

(n = 493)

62.2 (8.4)

[47.8–97.0]

Mean (sd) [range] of waist circumference sds

(n = 1309)

0.64 (1.13)

[−2.53–3.82]

(n = 655)

0.64 (1.13)

[−2.02–3.82]

(n = 654)

0.63 (1.13)

[−2.53–3.77]

(n = 672)

0.69 (1.19)

[−2.53–3.57]

(n = 637)

0.58 (1.07)

[−2.21–3.82]

(n = 552)

0.56 (1.12)

[−2.53–3.48]

(n = 757)

0.69 (1.14)

[−2.30–3.82]

(n = 816)

0.57 (1.06)

[−2.39–3.68]

(n = 493)

0.74 (1.23)

[−2.53–3.82]

Mean (sd) [range] of % body fat

(n = 1309)

20.1 (7.1)

[3.0–46.9]

(n = 654)

20.2 (7.1)

[3.0–44.5]

(n = 655)

19.9 (7.1)

[3.0–46.9]

(n = 671)

22.3 (6.9)

[3.0–43.2]

(n = 638)

17.7 (6.4)

[3.0–46.9]

(n = 554)

19.6 (6.8)

[3.0–44.5]

(n = 755)

20.4 (7.2)

[3.0–46.9]

(n = 814)

19.5 (6.9)

[3.0–46.9]

(n = 495)

21.1 (7.2)

[5.4–43.2]

Mean (sd) [range] of % body fat sds

(n = 1309)

−0.62 (2.28)

[−40.52–2.87]

(n = 654)

−0.59 (2.53)

[−40.52–2.87]

(n = 655)

−0.64 (2.00)

[−19.20–2.65]

(n = 671)

−0.53 (2.15)

[−19.20–2.87]

(n = 638)

−0.71 (2.40)

[−40.52–2.65]

(n = 554)

−0.71 (2.00)

[−18.81–2.64]

(n = 755)

−0.55 (2.46)

[−40.52–2.87]

(n = 814)

−0.79 (2.51)

[−40.52–2.65]

(n = 495)

−0.34 (1.81)

[−10.62–2.87]

Mean (sd) [range] of % body fat sds after exclusion of outliersb

(n = 1281)

−0.42 (1.57)

[−4.91–2.87]

(n = 642)

−0.39 (1.57)

[−4.91–2.87]

(n = 639)

−0.46 (1.57)

[−4.79–2.65]

(n = 656)

−0.33 (1.59)

[−4.91–2.87]

(n = 625)

−0.52 (1.54)

[−4.79–2.65]

(n = 543)

−0.55 (1.56)

[−4.76–2.64]

(n = 738)

−0.33 (1.58)

[−4.91–2.87]

(n = 794)

−0.55 (1.57)

[−4.86–2.65]

(n = 487)

−0.22 (1.56)

[−4.91–2.87]

  1. aCategorisations based on the definitions for population monitoring of weight status in children by Public Health England [46]
  2. bAs defined by Cole, children with measurements greater than five standard deviations from the mean were omitted
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