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Table 1 Pre-test characteristics (demographic) for the control and the intervention group in the HEIA study

From: Changes in adolescents' intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and sedentary behaviour: Results at 8 month mid-way assessment of the HEIA study - a comprehensive, multi-component school-based randomized trial

  

Pre-test

 
  

Control

Intervention

 
  

n† = 910

n† = 510

p

Age (mean (SD))

11.2 (0.27)

11.2 (0.26)

0.30

Gender

   

Boys (%)

52.0

50.7

0.61

Girls (%)

48.0

49.3

 

Weight status

   

Normal weight (%)

84.9

88.5

0.06

Overweight (%)

15.1

11.5

 

Parental educational level

   

< 12 years (%)

32.0

26.3

0.07

13-16 years (%)

35.7

37.8

 

> 16 years (%)

32.3

35.9

 
  1. p = Pearson Chi-Square/T-test (age)
  2. †n vary slightly
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

ISSN: 1479-5868

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