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Table 2 Characteristics of the children who completed questionnaires

From: Changes in weight status, quality of life and behaviours of South Australian primary school children: results from the Obesity Prevention and Lifestyle (OPAL) community intervention program

 

Year 3 (Baseline)

(n = 2611)

Statistical differencea

Year 5 (Final)

(n = 1873)

Statistical differenceb

 

INT (n, %)

COMP (n, %)

P value

INT (n, %)

COMP (n, %)

P value

All

1373 (52.6)

1238 (47.4)

 

1092 (58.3)

781 (41.7)

 

Sex

  

0.199

  

0.040

 Boys

700 (51.0)

600 (48.5)

 

490 (44.9)

388 (49.7)

 

 Girls

673 (49.0)

638 (51.5)

 

602 (55.1)

393 (50.3)

 

Localityc

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Urban

965 (70.3)

741 (59.9)

 

705 (64.6)

574 (73.7)

 

 Rural

408 (29.7)

497 (40.1)

 

387 (35.4)

205 (26.3)

 

Age, years

  

0.051

  

0.125

 ≤9

374 (27.3)

379 (30.6)

 

340 (31.1)

214 (27.4)

 

 10

481 (35.1)

447 (36.1)

 

380 (34.8)

270 (34.6)

 

 ≥11

514 (37.5)

412 (33.3)

 

372 (34.0)

297 (38.0)

 

SESd

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Quintile 1

271 (19.7)

88 (7.1)

 

268 (24.5)

54 (6.9)

 

 Quintile 2

421 (30.7)

220 (17.8)

 

217 (19.9)

140 (17.9)

 

 Quintile 3

328 (23.9)

198 (16.0)

 

251 (23.0)

223 (28.6)

 

 Quintile 4

237 (17.3)

607 (49.0)

 

334 (30.6)

364 (46.6)

 

 Quintile 5

116 (8.4)

124 (10.0)

 

22 (2.0)

0 (0)

 

Phase

  

< 0.001

  

0.097

 1

884 (64.4)

613 (49.5)

 

657 (60.2)

440 (56.3)

 

 2

489 (35.6)

625 (50.5)

 

435 (39.8)

341 (43.7)

 
  1. Abbreviations: INT Intervention communities, COMP Comparison communities
  2. aDifference between INT and COMP at baseline; bDifference between INT and COMP at final; cn = 1 missing at final in COMP; dSES is measured by ICSEA scores. Quintiles (Q1 = highest, Q5 = lowest) are based on 2011 National data at baseline (cut-offs 940/980/1020/1076/1287) and 2014 National data at final (cut-offs 942/985/1023/1074/1292). The national average ICSEA score is 1000 [31]. NB: As ICSEA score is not an individual-level SES measure but a school-level measure [31], caution should be taken when interpreting these data. Importantly, ICSEA does not use individual information concerning the wealth of the parents or children