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Table 2 Child and caregiver characteristics at baseline, in intervention and control group (n = 1288)

From: Effects of an intervention aimed at reducing the intake of sugar-sweetened beverages in primary school children: a controlled trial

 

Parent reporta(children grades 3-7)

Child reporta(children grades 5-7)

Observation reporta(children grades 2-7)

n = 356

n = 387

n = 959

Variable

Control (n = 198, 55.6%)

Intervention (n = 158, 44.4%)

Pvalueb

Control (n = 205, 53.0%)

Intervention (n = 182, 47.0%)

Pvalueb

Control (n = 455, 47.4%)

Intervention (n = 504, 52.6%)

Pvalueb

CHILD

         

Gender

57.7

55.1

0.625

55.0

50.6

0.386

52.9

52.2

0.826

% female

Grades

  

0.349

  

0.250

  

0.016

% Grade 2

-

-

 

-

-

 

17.0

20.0

 

% Grade 3

21.5

20.3

 

-

-

 

17.0

18.8

 

% Grade 4

21.5

22.2

 

-

-

 

17.0

20.4

 

% Grade 5

20.5

16.5

 

27.3

34.6

 

15.6

13.7

 

% Grade 6

20.0

17.1

 

34.6

29.7

 

16.1

13.8

 

% Grade 7

16.4

24.1

 

38.0

35.7

 

17.2

13.1

 

Ethnic background

  

0.033

  

0.001

  

<0.001

% Dutch

29.3

41.1

 

17.6

29.7

 

24.2

35.5

 

% Surinamese/Antillean

23.2

13.3

 

29.3

13.7

 

29.2

14.7

 

% Moroccan/Turkish

30.8

27.2

 

33.2

32.4

 

27.3

32.9

 

% Other/missing

16.7

18.4

 

20.0

24.2

 

19.3

16.9

 

Weight status

24.5

22.1

0.600

26.7

24.3

0.600

25.1

21.6

0.207

% overweight or obese

CAREGIVER – if known

         

Gender

82.5

88.7

0.109

-

-

 

-

-

 

% female

Age (in years), mean (SD)

36.82 (6.60)

39.86 (6.62)

<0.001

-

-

 

-

-

 

Educational levelc

  

0.686

  

0.001

  

<0.001

% Unknown

2.5

2.5

 

20.0

33.0

 

24.4

37.1

 

% Low

47.0

42.4

 

46.8

29.7

 

37.8

25.2

 

% High

50.5

55.1

 

33.2

37.4

 

37.8

37.7

 
  1. a = participants with complete data available at baseline and after one year of intervention; b = differences between intervention condition and control condition, as measured at baseline, tested with independent-samples t-test (continuous variables) and Chi-square test (categorical variables); c = caregiver’s educational level presented in the ‘child report’ and ‘observational report’ are based on data from the ‘parent report’. Note: numbers printed bold indicate significant P values.