Table 2 Sample characteristics of participants in Belgium
PARENTS | ||||
Total (n = 545) | Control group (n = 225) | Intervention group (n = 229) | p-value | |
Age (years (± SD)) | 39.4 (± 5.3) | 39.4 (± 5.3) | 39.5 (± 5.4) | 0.90 |
Gender (% women) | 72.0 | 72.0 | 72.1 | 0.99 |
SES (% high) | 54.7 | 56.5 | 52.8 | 0.46 |
Ethnic background (% Caucasian) | 90.7 | 97.9 | 83.6 | < 0.001 |
Employment status (% employed) | 85.0 | 87.1 | 83.0 | 0.25 |
BMI (kg/m2 (± SD)) | 27.6 (± 5.1) | 27.2 (± 4.8) | 27.9 (± 5.4) | 0.18 |
FINDRISC-score (± SD) | 9.6 (± 4.3) | 9.5 (± 4.3) | 9.6 (± 4.4) | 0.95 |
MVPA-recommendation on all days (% achieving) | 62.9 | 64.9 | 62.3 | 0.95 |
MVPA-recommendation on weekdays (% achieving) | 72.8 | 75.9 | 72.9 | 0.86 |
MVPA-recommendation on weekend days (% achieving) | 37.4 | 38.0 | 36.0 | 0.64 |
Step-recommendation on all days (% achieving) | 13.0 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 0.75 |
Step-recommendation on weekdays (% achieving) | 22.2 | 26.8 | 19.9 | 0.36 |
Step-recommendation on weekend days (% achieving) | 17.6 | 18.9 | 16.0 | 0.23 |
CHILDREN | ||||
Total (n = 444) | Control group (n = 211) | Intervention group (n = 233) | p-value | |
Age (years (± SD)) | 8.04 (± 0.9) | 8.00 (± 0.9) | 8.08 (± 0.95) | 0.41 |
Gender (% girls) | 50.1 | 49.5 | 50.7 | 0.81 |
SES (% high) | 58.2 | 59.4 | 57.0 | 0.61 |
BMI z-scores (± SD) | 0.46 (± 1.0) | 0.41 (± 0.9) | 0.50 (± 1.08) | 0.31 |
MVPA-recommendation on all days (% achieving) | 70.0 | 72.2 | 67.6 | 0.25 |
MVPA-recommendation on weekdays (% achieving) | 68.0 | 65.4 | 69.9 | 0.67 |
MVPA-recommendation on weekend days (% achieving) | 59.7 | 63.3 | 56.5 | 0.32 |
Step-recommendation on all days (% achieving) | 27.5 | 29.4 | 24.8 | 0.09 |
Step-recommendation on weekdays (% achieving) | 38.2 | 34.7 | 41.4 | 0.67 |
Step-recommendation on weekend days (% achieving) | 19.9 | 13.4 | 16.5 | 0.17 |