A 12-month follow-up of a mobile-based (mHealth) obesity prevention intervention in pre-school children: the MINISTOP randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the 263 children and their parents that completed the 12-month follow-up^a

	Intervention (n = 133)	Control (n = 130)
Children
Sex (female), % (n)	46 (61)	47 (61)
Age (years)	4.5 ± 0.1	4.5 ± 0.2
Weight (kg)	18.3 ± 2.5	18.3 ± 2.4
Weight-for-age z-score^b	−0.04 ± 1.09	−0.09 ± 1.04
Height (cm)	107.5 ± 4.1	107.8 ± 4.2
Height-for-age z-score^b	− 0.05 ± 0.95	0.00 ± 0.95
BMI (kg/m²)^c	15.9 ± 1.4	15.7 ± 1.2
Waist circumference (cm)^d	53.6 ± 3.8	53.5 ± 3.4
Body fat (%)	26.4 ± 4.5	25.9 ± 4.4
FMI (kg/m²)	4.21 ± 0.97	4.07 ± 0.84
FFMI (kg/m²)	11.65 ± 0.98	11.60 ± 0.94
Fruit intake (grams/day)^e	107 ± 72	102 ± 84
Vegetable intake (grams/day)^e	64 ± 48	56 ± 42
Candy intake (grams/day)^e	14 ± 18	11 ± 15
Sweetened beverage intake (ml/day)^e	70 ± 73	56 ± 69
Sedentary time (minutes/day)^f	480 ± 47	479 ± 54
MVPA (minutes/day)^f	101 ± 26	100 ± 26
Parents
Mothers’ age	36.1 ± 4.1	35.5 ± 4.4
Mothers’ BMI	24.5 ± 4.3	23.9 ± 4.2
Mothers’ education (University degree), % (n)	76 (101)	69 (89)
Fathers’ age	38.0 ± 5.1	38.1 ± 4.7
Fathers’ BMI	25.3 ± 3.2	25.4 ± 3.6
Fathers’ education (University degree), % (n)	62 (82)	55 (72)

n Number of children, BMI Body mass index, FMI Fat mass index, FFMI Fat free mass index, MVPA Moderate- to-vigorous-physical activity
^aValues are provided as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated
^bCalculated using Swedish reference data [24]
^cOverweight and obese in the intervention group (n = 9, 7%; n = 2, 2%) and control group (n = 9, 7%; n = 1, 0.8%) [22]
^dThe number of children in the intervention and control group with waist circumference was 132 and 128, respectively
^eThe number of recording days for the dietary components was 3.9 ± 0.5 (intervention) and 3.8 ± 0.5 (control)
^fThe number of recording days for physical activity were 6.8 ± 0.8 (intervention) and 6.4 ± 1.2 (control)

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