Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in the Creciendo Sanos study overall and by intervention assignment
Total | Intervention | Usual care | |
|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | n = 306 | n = 168 | n = 138 |
Child characteristics | N (%) | ||
Sex | |||
Male | 161 (52.6) | 87 (51.8) | 74 (53.6) |
Female | 145 (47.4) | 81 (48.2) | 64 (46.4) |
WHO BMI z-score category1 | |||
Normal ≤1.0 | 135 (44.1) | 79 (47.0) | 56 (40.6) |
Risk of overweight (>1.0- ≤2.0) | 119 (38.9) | 58 (34.5) | 61 (44.2) |
Overweight (>2.0) | 52 (17.0) | 31 (18.5) | 21 (15.2) |
Mean (SD) | |||
Age, months | 40.6 (10.0) | 40.1 (10.1) | 41.1 (9.9) |
Height, meters | 0.96 (0.07) | 0.96 (0.07) | 0.97 (0.07) |
Weight, kg | 16.22 (2.68) | 16.07 (2.63) | 16.40 (2.73) |
BMI, kg/m2 | 17.3 (1.2) | 17.3 (1.2) | 17.3 (1.1) |
WHO BMI z-score | 1.27 (0.74) | 1.28 (0.76) | 1.26 (0.71) |
Parent characteristics | N (%) | ||
Marital status | |||
Married | 121 (39.5) | 64 (38.0) | 57 (41.3) |
Domestic partnership | 133 (43.5) | 74 (44.0) | 59 (42.8) |
Divorced | 5 (1.6) | 2 (1.2) | 3 (2.2) |
Single | 47 (15.4) | 28 (16.8) | 19 (13.8) |
Employment | |||
Permanent | 111 (36.3) | 56 (33.4) | 55 (39.9) |
Contract | 41 (13.5) | 23 (13.9) | 18 (13.0) |
Unemployed | 154 (50.2) | 89 (52.7) | 65 (47.1) |
Occupation | |||
Homemaker | 151 (49.2) | 88 (52.1) | 63 (45.7) |
Professional | 30 (9.9) | 14 (8.5) | 16 (11.6) |
Office | 15 (4.9) | 7 (4.2) | 8 (5.8) |
Service | 19 (6.2) | 6 (3.6) | 13 (9.4) |
Factory | 50 (16.5) | 34 (20.5) | 16 (11.6) |
Retail | 17 (5.6) | 9 (5.4) | 8 (5.8) |
Other/Student | 24 (7.8) | 10 (5.8) | 14 (10.1) |
Educational attainment | |||
No schooling | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) |
Primary school | 27 (8.9) | 20 (12.0) | 7 (5.1) |
Junior high | 103 (33.7) | 64 (38.0) | 39 (28.4) |
High school | 121 (39.3) | 58 (34.4) | 63 (45.3) |
Professional school | 38 (12.5) | 20 (12.0) | 18 (13.1) |
Postgraduate | 5 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (3.6) |
Other | 11 (3.6) | 6 (3.6) | 5 (3.7) |
Mean (SD) | |||
Maternal age, years | 29.4 (6.6) | 29.3 (6.9) | 29.5 (6.3) |
Number of children in home | 1.7 (0.8) | 1.7 (0.8) | 1.8 (0.8) |
Transport cost to clinic, US $ | 1.27 (1.10) | 1.27 (1.19) | 1.27 (0.95) |
Transport time to clinic, minutes | 29.1 (17.9) | 27.6 (16.0) | 31.0 (19.8) |
Number of educational sessions attended (0-6) | 2.4 (2.6) | N/A | |
0 educational sessions attended | 80 (47.6) | N/A | |
1-4 educational sessions attended | 29 (17.3) | N/A | |
5-6 educational sessions attended | 59 (35.1) | N/A | |
Child behaviors | |||
Sweet snacks, servings/week | 21.0 (20.6) | 20.7 (17.7) | 21.3 (23.6) |
Fast food, servings/week | 1.9 (2.4) | 2.0 (2.8) | 1.7 (1.8) |
Savory snacks, servings/week | 1.3 (1.9) | 1.2 (1.7) | 1.5 (2.1) |
Sugar-sweetened beverages, servings/week | 15.5 (14.4) | 15.6 (13.4) | 15.3 (15.6) |
Fruit, servings/week | 24.1 (25.2) | 21.3 (17.7) | 27.5 (31.7) |
Vegetables, servings/week | 20.7 (17.5) | 20.9 (15.0) | 20.6 (20.1) |
Added sugar in beverages, servings/week | 11.0 (13.8) | 11.1 (13.4) | 10.8 (14.4) |
Water, servings/week | 22.0 (18.3) | 20.8 (17.3) | 23.5 (19.3) |
Total physical activity, hours/week | 27.4 (20.8) | 24.0 (17.2) | 31.6 (23.8) |
Total sleep time, hours/day | 11.0 (1.5) | 11.3 (1.6) | 10.7 (1.4) |
Total screen time, hours/week | 13.8 (11.1) | 13.1 (11.2) | 14.8 (10.9) |