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Table 1 Participant Characteristics and BMI-Z

From: Evaluating dose delivered of a behavioral intervention for childhood obesity prevention: a secondary analysis

 

Zero dosea (N = 306)

Low dosea (N = 134)

High dosea (N = 170)

Total (N = 610)

Parent age (years)

31.6 (5.8)

32.1 (6.5)

32.9 (5.9)

32.1 (6.0)

Parent ethnicity

 Hispanic Mexican

204 (66.7%)

71 (53.0%)

112 (65.9%)

387 (63.4%)

 Hispanic non-Mexican

74 (24.2%)

50 (37.3%)

45 (26.5%)

169 (27.7%)

 Non-Hispanic

28 (9.2%)

13 (9.7%)

13 (7.6%)

54 (8.9%)

Parent education

 Less than high school

192 (62.7%)

81 (60.4%)

101 (59.4%)

374 (61.3%)

 High school or more

114 (37.3%)

53 (39.6%)

69 (40.6%)

236 (38.7%)

Parent obesity status

 No

185 (60.5%)

73 (54.5%)

103 (60.6%)

361 (59.2%)

 Yes

121 (39.5%)

61 (45.5%)

67 (39.4%)

249 (40.8%)

WIC and/or SNAP use

 No

31 (10.2%)

19 (14.4%)

26 (15.3%)

76 (12.5%)

 Yes

273 (89.8%)

113 (85.6%)

144 (84.7%)

530 (87.5%)

 N

304

132

170

606

Child age (years)

4.3 (0.9)

4.4 (0.9)

4.2 (0.9)

4.3 (0.9)

Child gender

 Male

144 (47.1%)

65 (48.5%)

85 (50.0%)

294 (48.2%)

 Female

162 (52.9%)

69 (51.5%)

85 (50.0%)

316 (51.8%)

Child BMI-Z at baseline

0.8 (0.5)

0.8 (0.5)

0.8 (0.5)

0.8 (0.5)

Child BMI-Z at 1-year follow-up

0.9 (0.7)

0.9 (0.7)

0.8 (0.7)

0.8 (0.7)

 N

275

109

165

549

Child BMI-Z at 2-year follow-up

1.0 (0.9)

1.1 (0.8)

0.9 (0.8)

1.0 (0.8)

 N

266

112

166

544

Child BMI-Z at 3-year follow-up

1.3 (1.0)

1.4 (1.1)

1.2 (1.0)

1.3 (1.0)

 N

272

111

165

548

  1. a Dose is intensive face-to-face sessions combined with maintenance calls (range: 0–21). Low dose is defined as less than the median number of sessions or calls (1–15) and high dose is defined as the median or more (16–21)