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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample at baseline and follow-up

From: The impact of a health promotion program on toddlers’ socio-emotional development: a cluster randomized study

 

Baseline (n = 344)

Follow-up (n = 150)

Intervention (n = 139)

Control (n = 205)

p

Intervention (n = 62)

Control (n = 88)

p

Sexa

  

0.393

  

0.521

 Male

64 (38.1)

104 (61.9)

 

27 (38.6)

43 (61.4)

 

 Female

75 (42.6)

101 (57.4)

 

35 (43.8)

45 (56.3)

 

Age (months)

23.19 (6.1)

23.95 (6.4)

0.274

30.52 (6.6)

31.86 (6.2)

0.205

Socio-emotional development

56.79 (30.1)

55.10 (29.5)

0.663

59.54 (34.3)

54.57 (31.7)

0.444

BMI z-score

0.70 (1.0)

0.69 (1.0)

0.931

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Mothers’ educationa

  

0.079

  

0.200

 Low education

56 (47.9)

61 (52.1)

 

27 (46.6)

31 (53.4)

 

 High education

74 (37.8)

122 (62.2)

 

57 (64.0)

32 (36.0)

 
  1. aCategorical variables are expressed as n(%); p-value from the chi-square test