Cluster randomised trial of a school-community child health promotion and obesity prevention intervention: findings from the evaluation of fun ‘n healthy in Moreland!

Table 4 Unadjusted and adjusted mean (sd) or proportion values for child diet, physical activity and well-being, and intervention effect post intervention (2009)

	DESCRIPTIVE				MODEL
	Comparison		Intervention		Crude model^a	Adjusted model^b
	N	mean (sd) or %	N	mean (sd) or %	Comparative statistic^c	Comparative statistic^c	95% CI			p	ICC
HEALTHY EATING
serves of fruit (PQ)	937	2.37 (1.36)	1009	2.48 (1.45)	0.18	0.19	0.00	to	0.37	0.05	0.009
serves of vegetable (PQ)	905	2.03 (1.31)	965	2.15 (1.33)	0.15	0.13	−0.03	to	0.30	0.10	0.008
any soft drink/day(PQ)	971	34.0	1034	28.0	1.03	0.89	0.60	to	1.32	0.55	0.013
any fruit juice/cordial/day (PQ)	971	67.6	1035	61.4	0.86	0.86	0.66	to	1.13	0.28	0.007
> =2 glasses water/day (PQ)	968	90.7	1036	94.3	1.41	1.33	0.78	to	2.30	0.30	0.007
fruit in lunchbox/canteen order	1442	72.5	1328	78.5	1.17	1.08	0.79	to	1.47	0.62	0.005
veg in lunchbox/ canteen order	1442	23.1	1328	28.0	1.27	1.23	0.99	to	1.55	0.07	0.003
juice/cordial in lunchbox/canteen order	1442	24.1	1328	15.4	0.58	0.58	0.36	to	0.93	0.02	0.036
water in lunchbox/ canteen order	1442	61.2	1328	73.3	1.82	1.71	1.05	to	2.78	0.03	0.026
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
active games at lunchtime(CQ)	705	69.7	628	73.1	1.26^d	1.51	0.84	to	2.69	0.17	0.035
outside ≥ 2 h after school yesterday (PQ)	936	11.2	1012	11.7	1.22	1.33	0.75	to	2.37	0.33	0.021
outside ≥ 2 h weekend day (PQ)^e	936	56.2	1013	54.4	0.93	0.88	0.63	to	1.24	0.47	0.018
tv ≤2 h/week day(PQ)^e	941	79.8	1021	82.1	1.11	0.97	0.75	to	1.25	0.81	0.003
tv ≤2 h/weekend day(PQ)^e	977	60.3	1045	61.0	1.03	1.06	0.89	to	1.27	0.53	−0.001
WELLBEING
global kidscreen 10(CQ)	678	51.00(9.04)	583	52.20(9.20)	0.92	1.14	−0.32	to	2.60	0.12	0.010
child general health vgood/excellent^f	707	71.20	626	80.80	1.71	1.79	1.24	to	2.61	0.002	0.006

^aAdjusted for school mean score at baseline
^bAdjusted for school mean score at baseline, age, sex, SEP(maternal education, SEIFA), ethnicity(only English spoken at home)
^cOdds ratio for proportions and mean difference for continuous values
^dNot adjusted for anything (no baseline value)
^ePhysical activity variables: outside weekend, sedentary activity have proxy summary measures derived from baseline physical activity questions (CLASS matrix)
^fBaseline school mean kidscreen added as the baseline co-variate
PQ Parent Questionnaire; CQ (Child Questionnaire)
N – sample size
ICC – intra-cluster (intra-school) correlation coefficient
P - italicised p values denote significance (under 0.05)

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