Table 2 Baseline demographic characteristics of participants in the study
Intervention (n = 47) | Controls (n = 34) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | |
CHILD | ||||
Height (cm) | 88.0 | (4.9) | 90.5 | (4.3) |
Weight (kg) | 13.2 | (2.2) | 13.2 | (1.5) |
N | (%) | N | (%) | |
Age (months) | ||||
24/25 | 24 | (51) | 15 | (44) |
26/27 | 7 | (15) | 3 | (9) |
28/29 | 5 | (11) | 4 | (12) |
30+ | 11 | (23) | 12 | (35) |
Gender | ||||
Male | 22 | (47) | 19 | (56) |
BMI centile | ||||
1st to 90th | 31 | (66) | 31 | (91) |
91st to 97th | 7 | (15) | 2 | (6) |
98th + | 9 | (19) | 1 | (3) |
Family visits to Centre (per week) | ||||
1–2 | 32 | (68) | 7 | (21) |
3–4 | 11 | (23) | 21 | (61) |
5+ | 4 | (9) | 6 | (18) |
PARENT | ||||
BMI | 26.5 | (5.8) | 25.4 | (4.8) |
N | (%) | N | (%) | |
Age (years) | ||||
19–29 | 19 | (40) | 16 | (47) |
30–34 | 17 | (36) | 9 | (27) |
35–41 | 11 | (23) | 9 | (27) |
Gender | ||||
Male | 1 | (2) | 0 | (0) |
Ethnicity | ||||
Asian | 6 | (13) | 4 | (12) |
Black | 0 | (0) | 2 | (6) |
White | 41 | (87) | 26 | (76) |
Other | 0 | (0) | 2 | (6) |
Paid employment | ||||
None | 24 | (51) | 16 | (47) |
Part-time | 19 | (40) | 15 | (44) |
Full-time | 4 | (9) | 3 | (9) |
Socioeconomic group | ||||
Professional/managerial/technical | 6 | (13) | 6 | (18) |
Skilled/partially-skilled/unskilled | 41 | (87) | 28 | (82) |
Marital status | ||||
Single | 8 | (17) | 8 | (24) |
Partnered | 13 | (28) | 12 | (35) |
Married | 25 | (53) | 14 | (41) |
Divorced | 1 | (2) | 0 | (0) |