Benefits for African American and white low-income 7–10-year-old children and their parents taught together in a community-based weight management program in the rural southeastern United States

Berry, Diane C.; McMurray, Robert G.; Schwartz, Todd A.; Adatorwovor, Reuben

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-6006-4

Table 1 Baseline Demographic Characteristics of Intervention and Control Groups by Race

From: Benefits for African American and white low-income 7–10-year-old children and their parents taught together in a community-based weight management program in the rural southeastern United States

Variable	African American						Whites
	Total		Intervention		Control		Total		Intervention		Control
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Parent
Age	36.2 ± 8.3		36.0 ± 8.2		36.4 ± 8.4		38.4 ± 7.4		38.6 ± 7.5		38.1 ± 7.4
Body Mass Index (kg/m²)	38.6 ± 8.4		36.9 ± 8.3		40.4 ± 8.2		36.1 ± 8.1		35.2 ± 8.0		37.2 ± 8.2
Gender
Male	10	4.59	5	4.27	5	4.95	11	10.38	6	10.91	5	9.80
Female	208	95.41	112	95.73	96	95.05	95	89.62	49	89.09	46	90.20
Marital status
Married	74	33.94	42	35.90	32	31.68	74	69.81	40	72.73	34	66.67
Divorced	38	17.43	18	15.38	20	19.80	24	22.64	10	18.18	14	27.45
Never married	85	38.99	44	37.61	41	40.59	6	5.66	4	7.27	2	3.92
Living with someone	21	9.63	13	11.11	8	7.92	2	1.89	1	1.82	1	1.96
Employment
Full-time	128	58.72	65	55.56	63	62.38	55	51.89	29	52.73	26	50.98
Part-time	21	9.63	13	11.11	8	7.92	11	10.38	6	10.91	5	9.80
Homemaker	18	8.26	12	10.26	6	5.94	21	19.81	11	20.00	10	19.61
Unemployed	51	23.39	27	23.08	24	23.76	19	17.92	9	16.36	10	19.61
Occupation
Professional	49	22.48	25	21.37	24	23.76	23	21.70	13	23.64	10	19.61
Technical	169	77.52	92	78.63	77	76.24	83	78.30	42	76.36	41	80.39
Education level
Less than high school	21	9.63	11	9.40	10	9.90	5	4.72	1	1.82	4	7.84
High School	79	36.24	45	38.46	34	33.66	31	29.25	14	25.45	17	33.33
College Diploma	118	54.13	61	52.14	57	56.44	70	66.04	40	72.73	30	58.82
Income
< $20,000	76	34.86	43	36.75	33	32.67	30	28.30	15	27.27	15	29.41
$20,000–$39,000	87	39.91	38	32.48	49	48.51	35	33.02	18	32.73	17	33.33
≥ $40,000	26	11.93	19	16.24	7	6.93	33	31.13	17	30.91	16	31.37
Do not wish to respond	29	13.30	17	14.53	12	11.88	8	7.55	5	9.09	3	5.88
Biological parent
Yes	31	14.22	21	17.95	10	9.90	12	11.32	5	9.09	7	13.73
No	187	85.78	96	82.05	91	90.10	94	88.68	50	90.91	44	86.27
Children
Age	8.6 ± 1.0		8.7 ± 1.0		8.6 ± 1.0		8.5 ± 0.9		8.6 ± 1.0		8.4 ± 0.8
Body Mass Index Percentile	96.2 ± 4.7		95.3 ± 5.3		97.2 ± 3.8		95.3 ± 5.6		94.6 ± 5.6		96.0 ± 5.6
Body Mass Index Z-Score	2.0 ± 0.5		1.9 ± 0.6		2.2 ± 0.5		1.9 ± 0.5		1.8 ± 0.5		2.0 ± 0.5
Gender
Male	98	44.95	57	48.72	41	40.59	44	41.51	20	36.36	24	47.06
Female	120	55.05	60	51.28	60	59.41	62	58.49	35	63.64	27	52.94
Education level
2nd grade	41	18.81	21	17.95	20	19.80	20	18.87	11	20.00	9	17.65
3rd grade	89	40.83	47	40.17	42	41.58	50	47.17	22	40.00	28	54.90
4th grade	88	40.37	49	41.88	39	38.61	36	33.96	22	40.00	14	27.45

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