Short-term outcomes of community-based adolescent weight management: The Loozit® Study

BMC Pediatrics

Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics of adolescents and their parents

Characteristics (n = 151)
Adolescent
Median (interquartile range) age in years^a	13.9 (13.4,14.8)
Female (%)	52
Mean (SD) SEIFA^{a, b}	1054 (84)
Primary language spoken at home (%)^c
English	68
Arabic	7
Tagalog	5
Other^d	20
Parental
Dual parent households (%)	75
Region of birth^c - Mother (%): Father (%)
Australia	59:49
South-East Asia	8:10
North Africa and Middle East	7:10
Southern-Central Asia	7:5
North-West Europe	5:7
Oceania	4:7
Other^e	10:12
University degree (%):
Mothers	38
Fathers	31

^a Range: Age in years:12.9 to 16.8; SEIFA: 865 to 1202
^b Socioeconomic Index for Areas Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage and Disadvantage. Mean for the Sydney Major Statistical Region is 1053
^c Based on the Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups
^d This group is comprised of 24 different primary languages spoken at home by three or fewer participants.
^e Less than 5% of mothers and fathers were born in North or South America, Southern Europe, South-East Europe, North-East Asia, or Sub-Saharan Africa.

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