ANDALE Pittsburgh: results of a promotora-led, home-based intervention to promote a healthy weight in Latino preschool children

Table 2 Anthropometric measures at baseline, follow-up, and change scores (mean ± SD or median [25th, 75th percentile]), among children participating in ANDALE Pittsburgh by weight status [overall (n = 49), and in children with body mass index percentile <85th (n = 26) or ≥ 85th (n = 23)]

		Baseline	Follow-up	Change Score	p-value
Child weight, kg	Overall	18.5 ± 5.3	19.0 ± 5.3	0.5 ± 0.8	0.002
	<85th percentile	16.7 ± 3.1	17.1 ± 3.2	0.4 ± 0.6	0.003
	≥85th percentile	20.6 ± 6.5	21.1 ± 6.4	0.5 ± 1.0	0.013
Child BMI z-score ^a	Overall	0.96 ± 1.29	0.91 ± 1.35	−0.05 ± 0.44	0.437
	<85th percentile	0.08 ± 0.06	0.02 ± 0.08	−0.05 ± 0.04	0.535
	≥85th percentile	2.00 ± 1.06	1.96 ± 1.11	− 0.05 ± 0.47	0.643
Child BMI percentile ^a	Overall	83 [43, 96]	82 [50, 94]	0 [−7, 2]	0.430
	<85th percentile	45 [31, 74]	53 [26, 77]	1.5 [−10, 10]	0.557
	≥85th percentile	96 [90, 99]	94 [87, 99]	−1 [−3, 0]	0.013
Child waist circumference, cm	Overall	56.0 ± 10.5	55.7 ± 7.5	−0.3 ± 7.4	0.797
	<85th percentile	52.7 ± 10.3	52.6 ± 4.2	0.1 ± 9.9	0.969
	≥85th percentile	59.6 ± 9.7	59.2 ± 8.9	−0.5 ± 2.7	0.398

NOTE: Data were compared using paired t tests or nonparametric Wilcoxon signed-rank tests; Baseline vs. follow-up data compared using paired t test or a nonparametric sign test;
BMI body mass index;
^aOne child’s BMI was too high to calculate a z-score or percentile at baseline or follow-up;
p-values <0.05 were bolded to indicate statistical significance

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