Table 2 General characteristics of overweight and obese children enrolled in PEACHâ„¢ QLD, and their families
| Â | Anthropometric data collection | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All participants with available anthropometric dataa (n = 926) | Participants with anthropometric data measured by facilitator (n = 700) | |||||||
All | Targeted Eligibility Criterion | Universal Eligibility Criterion | p | All | Targeted Eligibility Criterion | Universal Eligibility Criterion | p | |
Child characteristics | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Â | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Â |
 Sex | ||||||||
  Boys | 435 (47.0) | 297 (43.5) | 138 (56.8) | < 0.001 | 319 (45.6) | 229 (43.3) | 90 (52.6) | 0.037 |
  Girls | 491 (53.0) | 386 (56.5) | 105 (43.2) | 381 (54.4) | 300 (56.7) | 81 (47.4) | ||
 Age at baseline | ||||||||
  < 8 years old | 302 (32.6) | 212 (31.0) | 90 (37.0) | 0.185 | 234 (33.4) | 174 (32.9) | 60 (35.1) | 0.845 |
  ≥ 8 -< 10 years old | 297 (32.1) | 222(32.5) | 75 (30.9) | 236 (33.7) | 179 (33.8) | 57 (33.3) | ||
  ≥ 10 years old | 327 (35.3) | 249 (36.5) | 78 (32.1) | 230 (32.9) | 176 (33.3) | 54 (31.6) | ||
 Weight category (IOTF 2012)b | ||||||||
  Overweight | 207 (22.4) | 135 (19.8) | 72 (29.6) | 0.001 | 553 (79.0) | 98 (18.5) | 49 (28.7) | 0.005 |
  Obese and morbidly obese | 719 (77.6) | 548 (80.2) | 171 (70.4) | 147 (21.0) | 431 (81.5) | 122 (71.3) | ||
 ARIA | ||||||||
  Highly accessible | 675 (72.9) | 475 (69.5) | 200 (82.3) | 0.012 | 505 (72.1) | 369 (69.8) | 136 (79.5) | 0.204 |
  Accessible | 91 (9.8) | 73 (10.7) | 18 (7.4) | 69 (9.9) | 56 (10.6) | 13 (7.6) | ||
  Moderately accessible | 120 (13.0) | 100 (14.6) | 20 (8.2) | 93 (13.3) | 75 (14.2) | 18 (10.5) | ||
  Remote/Very remote | 40 (4.3) | 35 (5.1) | 5 (2.1) | 33 (4.7) | 29 (5.5) | 4 (2.3) | ||
 SEIFA quintile (IRSD) | ||||||||
  Most disadvantaged | 113 (12.2) | 77 (11.3) | 36 (14.8) | 0.637 | 82 (11.7) | 57 (10.8) | 25 (14.6) | 0.820 |
  IRSD quintile 2 | 162 (17.5) | 118 (17.3) | 44 (18.1) | 121 (17.3) | 90 (17.0) | 31 (18.1) | ||
  IRSD quintile 3 | 173 (18.7) | 125 (18.3) | 48 (19.8) | 137 (19.6) | 105 (19.8) | 32 (18.7) | ||
  IRSD quintile 4 | 332 (35.9) | 250 (36.6) | 82 (33.7) | 244 (34.9) | 188 (35.5) | 56 (32.7) | ||
  Least disadvantaged | 146 (15.8) | 113 (16.5) | 33 (13.6) | 116 (16.6) | 89 (16.8) | 27 (15.8) | ||
 Referral source | ||||||||
  Self-referral | 710 (76.7) | 523 (76.5) | 187 (77.0) | 0.001 | 559 (79.9) | 424 (80.2) | 135 (78.9) | 0.008 |
  Wait list | 70 (7.6) | 66 (9.7) | 4 (1.6) | 52 (7.4) | 48 (9.1) | 4 (2.3) | ||
  Health professional | 146 (15.8) | 94 (13.8) | 52 (21.4) | 89 (12.7) | 57 (10.8) | 32 (18.7) | ||
 Parental Indigeneity status | ||||||||
  Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | 50 (5.4) | 33 (4.8) | 17 (7.0) | < 0.001 | 37 (5.3) | 29 (5.5) | 8 (4.7) | 0.028 |
  Not Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | 724 (78.2) | 510 (74.7) | 214 (88.1) | 632 (90.3) | 470 (88.8) | 162 (94.7) | ||
  Not stated/Not recorded | 152 (16.4) | 140 (20.5) | 12 (4.9) | 31 (4.4) | 30 (5.7) | 1 (0.6) | ||