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Table 2 African American versus White Intervention and Control Children’s and Parent’s Benefits from the Intervention

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

Intervention versus Control

Post Phase One (3 Months)

Estimate (SE)

Intervention versus Control

Post Phase Two (12 Months)

Estimate (SE)

Intervention versus Control

Completion of Study (18 Months)

Estimate (SE)

F (numerator df, denominator df)

P

Child Race

 Child Body Mass Index Percentile =

1.17(2, 683)

0.310

  African American

−0.595(0.717)

−1.158(0.748)

− 0.555(0.759)

  

  White

−1.493(1.172)

− 0.263(1.223)

0.124(1.228)

  

 Child Weight (Kilograms) =

3.65 (2, 683)

0.027

  African American

−0.173 (0.546)

−1.516 (0.574)*

− 2.354 (0.585) *

  

  White

−0.708 (0.888)

0.918 (0.937)

−0.775 (0.943)

  

 Child Support for Physical Activity from Parents #

5.96 (2, 688)

0.003

  African American

0.628 (0.673)

2.077 (0.710)*

1.503 (0.721) *

  

  White

2.923 (1.112) *

0.180 (1.175)

−0.626 (1.182)

  

Parent Race

 Parent Body Mass Index (kg/m2) =

3.58 (2, 688)

0.028

  African American

−0.483 (0.359)

−0.988 (0.376)

− 0.668 (0.378)

  

  White

−0.363 (0.513)

−0.974 (0.551)

−2.011 (0.552) *

  

 Parent Weight (Kilograms) =

4.67 (2, 688)

0.010

  African American

−0.829 (0.760)

−1.553 (0.804)

− 0.944 (0.808)

  

  White

−0.771 (1.113)

−2.365 (1.209)

−5.102 (1.212) *

  

 Parent Weight Change (Percent) =

5.50 (2, 688)

0.004

  African American

−0.876 (0.768)

−1.731 (0.812)*

− 1.077 (0.816)

  

  White

−0.823 (1.120)

−2.469 (1.216) *

− 5.575 (1.220) *

  

 Parent Stress Management #

3.20 (2, 695)

0.041

  African American

0.140 (0.078)

0.047 (0.082)

−0.010 (0.082)

  

  White

0.157 (0.109)

0.233 (0.117)*

0.341 (0.117) *

  

 Parent Negative Affect Eating Self-Efficacy =

7.53 (2, 695)

< 0.001

  African American

−0.232 (0.166)

−0.102 (0.175)

0.084 (0.175)

  

  White

−0.038 (0.254)

−0.516 (0.274)

− 0.977 (0.274) *

  
  1. Only significant interactions are reported; P values are for the test of interaction between intervention group and race and uncorrected for multiple comparisons; = a negative (−) score is better; # a positive (+) score is better
  2. df = degrees of freedom
  3. *p < .05