Table 1 Child and parent/household baseline characteristics of analytic sample by intervention status
From: Changes in diet and physical activity resulting from the Shape Up Somerville community intervention
| Â | Controls | Intervention |
|---|---|---|
Child characteristics | Â | Â |
|  | n = 343 | n = 111 |
Age (y)* | Â | Â |
Mean (SD) | 7.4 (0.9) | 7.7 (1.0) |
Gender | Â | Â |
Male | 46.9% | 47.7% |
Female | 53.1% | 52.3% |
Grade* | Â | Â |
One | 41.1% | 29.7% |
Two | 28.3% | 39.6% |
Three | 30.6% | 30.6% |
Ethnicity* | Â | Â |
White | 56.9% | 68.5% |
Black | 11.7% | 8.1% |
Hispanic | 10.8% | 4.5% |
Asian | 2.6% | 11.7% |
Other | 18.1% | 7.2% |
Weight Category1 | Â | Â |
< 85th percentile | 63.7% | 61.2% |
85th - 95th percentile | 16.2% | 19.4% |
> 95th percentile | 20.1% | 19.4% |
Parent/Household characteristics | Â | Â |
Married* | 67.0% | 80.9% |
US Born Mom and/or Dad | Â | Â |
both foreign | 24.7% | 24.3% |
1 US | 9.9% | 15.0% |
2 US | 65.4% | 60.7% |
Primary Home Language | Â | Â |
English | 85.1% | 84.7% |
Spanish | 6.4% | 2.7% |
Creole | 1.5% | 0.9% |
Portuguese | 5.0% | 8.1% |
Other language(s) | 2.0% | 3.6% |
# Siblings, Mean (SD)* | 1.6 (1.2) | 1.3 (1.0) |
Mom BMI, Mean (SD)* | 26.4 (6.2) | 24.3 (4.6) |
# Rules, Mean (SD) | 0.8 (0.2) | 0.8 (0.2) |